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C.C.S.M. c. M50

The Marriage Act

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1 Definitions
2 Authority of clergy to solemnize marriages
3(1) Registration of authorized persons
(2) Refusal to register
(3) Cancellation of registration
4 Register
5 Certificate of registration
6 Penalty
7(1) Appointment of marriage commissioners
(2) Fee of marriage commissioners
(3) Form of marriage ceremony
8(1) Licence or banns required for marriage
(2) Requirements respecting publication of banns
(3) Time and manner of publication
(4) Publication on day other than Sunday
(5) Completion of certificate of publication, etc.
(6) Delivery of certificate
(7) Dispensation of publication, effect of and fee for
(8) Meaning of "church"
9(1) Limitations as to times
(2) Waiting period
(3) Witnesses necessary
(4) Issuer of licence not to marry
(5) Exceptional cases
(6) Duties of clergy after solemnizing the marriage
10(1) Appointment of issuers of marriage licences
(2) Q.B. registrar and deputy registrar as issuers
(3) Title of issuers
(4) Issuers previously appointed
11 Supply of licence forms
12 Issue of licences
13 Once issued remain valid
14 Mechanically reproduced signature permitted
15 Penalty for unauthorized issue of licence
16 Return of unissued licences
17 Issuer to pay expenses
18(1) Where party to marriage is under 18
(2) Production and proof of consent
(3) Form of consent
19(1) Application for consent by judge
(2) Form of consent
(3) Appeal from judge
(4) Disposition of appeal
20(1) Marriages of persons with committees
(2) Certificate of mental capacity
(3) Penalty
21(1) Affidavit before issue of licence, etc.
(2) Additional facts to be stated
(3) Form
(4) Evidence to be sent to department
22 Proof of age
23(1) Definition of "order"
(2) Form of statutory declaration where spouse presumed dead
(3) Statutory declaration of other parties
(4) Order to be forwarded
24(1) Memorandum on back of declaration
(2) Duty of issuer, clergy, etc.
(3) Form of memorandum
(4) Provision for change in Schedule A
25(1) Compliance with secs. 18, 19 and 20
(2) Evidence to be sent department
(3) Hours for issue of licence
26 Fees for licences
27 Certain objections not valid
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29 Validating marriages where no legal disqualification
30(1) No judgment by consent or in default
(2) Evidence to be viva voce in open court
(3) Court may require examination of parties
31 Responsibility of clergy
32(1) Penalty for false statement
(2) General penalty
(3) Limitation on prosecution
(4) Fiat of Attorney-General
33 Regulations
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3(1)
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