R.S.M. 1987, c. M50
The Marriage Act
Table of Contents
1 | Definitions. | |
2 | Authority of clergy to solemnize marriages. | |
3 | Registration of authorized persons. | |
(2) | Refusal to register. | |
(3) | Cancellation of registration. | |
4 | Register. | |
5 | Certificate of registration. | |
6 | Penalty. | |
7 | Appointment of marriage commissioners. | |
(2) | Fee of marriage commissioners. | |
(3) | Form of marriage ceremony. | |
8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Where party to marriage is under 18. | |
(2) | Production and proof of consent. | |
(3) | Form of consent. | |
19 | Application for consent by judge. | |
(2) | Form of consent. | |
(3) | Appeal from judge. | |
(4) | Disposition of appeal. | |
20 | Marriages of mentally disordered persons. | |
(2) | Certificate of mental capacity. | |
(3) | Penalty. | |
21 | 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 | Definition of "order". | |
(2) | Form of statutory declaration where spouse presumed dead. | |
(3) | Statutory declaration of other parties. | |
(4) | Order to be forwarded. | |
24 | Memorandum on back of declaration. | |
(2) | Duty of issuer, clergy, etc. | |
(3) | Form of memorandum. | |
(4) | Provision for change in Schedule A. | |
25 | 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. | |
28 | Marriage certificate. | |
29 | Validating marriages where no legal disqualification. | |
30 | 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 | Penalty for false statement | |
(2) | General penalty. | |
(3) | Limitation on prosecution. | |
(4) | Fiat of Attorney-General. | |
33 | Regulations. | |
SCHEDULE A (Section 24) |