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Ordinance and may from time to time by like proclamation
alter such districts either by change of boundaries or by
union or sub-division of districts or by the formation of
new districts.

4. The Governor may from time to time appoint a fit
and proper person to be the Registrar General of Muslim
Marriages and Divorces for the Colony and a fit and proper
person to be Registrar of Muslim Marriages for each
district.

5. The Governor in his discretion may from time to time
appoint any fit and proper person, being a member of the
Mushm community, to be a Marriage Officer or to be a
Divorce Officer for the purposes of this Ordinance, and the
Governor may, without assigning any reason for so doing,
cancel any such appointment. Every such appointment
or cancellation thereof shall take effect on the date of
publication of a notice to that effect in the Royal Gazette.

6. It shall be lawful for any Officer appointed under the
last preceding section to act as a Marriage Officer in any
district.

7. Every District Registrar shall keep affixed in a
conspicuous place in his office a list containing the names
and addresses of all Marriage Officers appointed under this
Ordinance.

PART II.
MARRIAGES.
8. The requisites of a valid Muslim marriage under this
Ordinance are—

(a) that each of the parties belongs to and professes
the Muslim faith or religion;

(6) that each of the parties shall, as regards age,
mental capacity and otherwise, be capable of contract-
ing Marriage ;

(c) that the parties shall not by reason of anything
contained in the Islamic law relating to marriage be
prohibited from marrying one another;

Appoint-
ment of
Registrar
General and
Registrars.

Appoint-
ment of
Muslim
Marriage
Officers.

Marriage
Officers may
act in any
part of the
Colony.

District
Registrars
to exhibit
list of
Marriage
Officers.

Requisites
of marviage.