52 Ch. 29. No. 3.] Deceased Wife's Sister’s Marriage.

CHAPTER 29. No. 3.
DECEASED WIFE’S SISTER’S MARRIAGE.

Ordinance AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MARRIAGE WITH A

. 29, ,

No. 3-1940. DECEASED WIFE’S SISTER.

Commence- [24th July, 1911.]

ment.

Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Deceased Wife’s

Sister’s Marriage Ordinance.

Interpreta- 2. In this Ordinance, the expression “ sister ’’ shall include
tion. a sister of the half-blood.
Marriage, 3. Every marriage, otherwise lawful, heretofore or here-

ptherwise after contracted between a man and his deceased wife’s sister,
between any within the Colony or without, shall, in the Colony, be
yan ant his deemed and is hereby declared to be and to have been valid
wife's sister, and of full force and effect: Provided that in case, before
valid. the commencement of this Ordinance, any such marriage
shall have been annulled by any court of competent jurisdic-
tion, or either party thereto (after the marriage and during
the life of the other) shall have lawfully married another,
it shall be deemed to have become and to be void upon
and after the day upon which it was so annulled, or upon

which either party thereto lawfully married another as

aforesaid. .
Saving of 4. (1) No right, title, estate, or interest, whether in
rights ond possession or expectancy, and whether vested or contingent,
interests. at the commencement of this Ordinance existing in, to,

or in respect of any property, and no act or thing lawfully
done or omitted before the commencement of this Ordinance,