DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE АСТ. Marriages not to XII. And be it enacted, That after the Promulga- MARIO ACT. tion of this Act, no Marriage, after such Notice as aforesaid, shall be solemnized or registered in this Isle under the Provisions of this Act, until the Expiration of Twenty-one Days after the Day of Entry of such Notice as aforesaid. be solemnized until after 21 Days after Entry of Notice. not had within former Proceed and new Notice, required. XIII. And be it enacted, That whenever a Marriage If Marriage be shall not be had within Three calendar Months after 3 Months, all the the Notice shall have been so entered by the Deputy- ings to be void, Registrar, the Notice and Certificate which may have Certificate, &c., been granted thereupon, and all other Proceedings thereupon, shall be utterly void; and no Person shall proceed to solemnize the Marriage, nor shall any Registrar register the same, until new Notice shall have been given, and Entry made, and Certificate thereof given, at the Time and in the Manner aforesaid. trar to grant cation for Li entered in a XIV. And be it enacted, That the Deputy-Regis- Deputy-Regis trar be and he is hereby authorized, to grant Licences Licences. in the Form of Schedule C. to this Act annexed; Schedule C. and every Notice of Application for every such Notice of Appli Licence to the Deputy-Registrar, shall be entered on cence to be Record in a Book to be kept for that Purpose; and Book. in every Licence shall be stated the Name and Sur- Form of Licence. name, and the Profession and Condition of each of the Parties intending Marriage, the Dwelling Place of each of them, and the Registered Building, or the Registrar's Office in which the Marriage is to be solemnized; and for every Licence such Deputy- Fee for Licenco. Registrar shall be entitled to have of the Party requiring the same the Sum of Seven Shillings and Sixpence. Provided always, for avoiding Fraud and One of the ParCollusion in obtaining such Licence, that before the Declaration be same be granted, One of the Parties shall make and Licence. subscribe a Declaration before the Deputy-Registrar, who is required to grant such Licence, (which Decla- Form of Decla ration such Deputy-Registrar is hereby empowered to receive,) that he or she believeth that there is no D ties to make a fore obtaining ration. MARRIAGE ACT. DISSENTERS Impediment of Kindred or Alliance, or of any other lawful Cause, nor any Suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court to bar or hinder the Proceeding of the said Marriage, according to the Tenor of the said Licence; and that One of the said Parties hath, for the Space of Thirty Days immediately preceding, had his or her Place of Abode within the DeputyRegistrar's District, before whom such Marriage is to be solemnized; and where either of the Parties, not being a Widower or Widow, shall be under the Age of Twenty-one Years, that the Consent of the Person or Persons, whose Consent to such Marriage is required by Law, has been obtained thereto. Provided that if there shall be no such Person having Authority to give such Consent, then upon Declaration made to that effect by the Party requiring such Licence, it shall be lawful to grant such Licence notwithstanding the Want of any such Consent. No Marriage to be had within 7 of Notice. XV. And be it enacted, That after the PromulgaDays from Entry tion of this Act, no Marriage by Licence shall be solemnized or registered in this Island, under the Provisions of this Act,-until after the Expiration of Seven Days from the Day of the Entry of Notice of Application as aforesaid. Deputy-Regis trar to register Marriages solemnized before him. Book. XVI. And be it enacted, That the Deputy-Registrar shall forthwith register every Marriage solemnized in Manner aforesaid in his Presence, in a Marriage Register Book, to be furnished to him for that Purpose from Time to Time by the Registrar-GeneForm of Register ral, according to the Form provided for the Registration of Marriages by the said Act of Tynwald, Promulgated in the same Year as this Act, intituled "An Act to provide means to enable Persons who object to, and decline the Offices of the Established Church in this Island, to cause Registration to be made of Births, Deaths, and Marriages," the Cost of which shall be defrayed in like Manner as the Cost of providing Register Books of Births, Deaths, and Mar Civil Registra tion Act, 1849. * Page 45. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE Аст. ed by the Person riages; and every Entry of such Marriage shall be signed by the Person by or before whom the Marriage Entry to be signshall have been solemnized, if there shall be any marrying, the such Person, and by the Deputy-Registrar, and also Deputy-Regisby the Parties married, and attested by Two Wit- Parties married, nesses; and every such Entry shall be made in order Two witnesses. from the Beginning to the End of the Book. trar, and the and attested by Marriage Register Book to be delivered quar istrar-General. ral to verify the XVII. And be it enacted, That in every Year, on Copies of the such Days as shall from Time to Time be appointed by the Registrar-General, within One calendar Month terly to the Regnext after the First Day of January, the First Day of April, the First Day of July, and the First Day of October respectively, every Deputy-Registrar shall make and deliver to the Registrar-General a true Copy, certified by him under his Hand, according to the Form of Schedule D. to this Act annexed, of all Schedule D. Entries of Marriage in the Register Book kept by him since the last Delivery, and the Registrar-General Registrar-Gene shall verify the same, and if found to be correct, Copies. shall certify the same under his Hand to be a true Copy; and if there shall have been no Marriage If no Marriage registered since the Delivery of the last certified Copy, puty-Registrar to the Deputy-Registrar shall certify the Fact, and such and Certificate Certificate shall be delivered to the Registrar-General signed by the as aforesaid, and countersigned by him; and the General. Deputy-Registrar shall keep safely the said Register Book, until it shall be filled, and shall then deliver it Register Book to the Registrar-General, to be by him deposited in deposited in the the Rolls' Office, there to remain of Record. registered, De certify the Fact to be counter Registrar when full to be Rolls' Office. Residence of Par to establish Mar. XVIII. And be it enacted, That after any Mar- Proof of former riage shall have been solemnized under and by virtue ties not necessary of this Act, it shall not be necessary, in support of such riage. Marriage, to give any Proof of the actual Dwelling of either of the Parties previous to the Marriage within the District wherein such Marriage was solemnized, for the Time required by this Act; nor shall any Evidence be given to prove the Contrary in any Suit touching the Validity of such Marriage. Evidence to the be given touch contrary not to ing the Validity DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE ACT. Marriage under XIX. And be it enacted, That every Marriage solemnized under this Act shall be good and cognithis Act recog- zable, in like Manner as Marriages according to the Rites of the Established Church in this Island. nizable. Parties to be married must deliver to the Deputy-Regis in writing, of XX. And be it enacted, That the Parties about to be married shall, immediately previous to the contrar a Statement tracting of such Marriage, deliver to the DeputyParticulars to be Registrar, before whom the same is to be solemnized, a Statement in Writing signed by them, containing the several Particulars required to be registered, touching such Marriage. registered. Persons entering a vexatious Costs and XXI. And be it enacted, That every Person who Caveat liable to shall enter a Caveat with the Deputy-Registrar against the Issue of any Licence or Certificate on Grounds which the Registrar-General shall declare to be frivolous, and that they ought not to obstruct the Issuing of such Licence or Certificate, shall be liable to the Costs of the Proceedings, which may be recovered before a Deemster, and for Damages to be recovered by Action at Law by the Party against whose Marriage such Caveat shall have been entered. Copy of Registrar-General's Declaration as to Caveat to be Evidence. Persons wilfully making a false declaration, or signing a false Notice, &c., or misrepresenting XXII. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of enabling any Person to recover Costs and Damages in any Action, from any Person who shall have entered a Caveat on frivolous Grounds with the DeputyRegistrar, a Copy of the Declaration of the RegistrarGeneral shall be Evidence that the Registrar-General has declared such Caveat to have been entered on frivolous Grounds, and that they ought not to obstruct the Grant of the Licence or Issue of the Certificate, as the Case may be. XXIII. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall knowingly and wilfully make any false Declaration, or sign any false Notice, Certificate, or Statethemselves, shall ment, required by this Act, for the Purpose of proties of Perjury. curing any Marriage; and every Person who shall forbid the Issue of any Deputy-Registrar's Certificate by falsely representing himself or herself, to be a suffer the Penal Person whose Consent to such Marriage is required by Law, knowing such Representation to be false, shall suffer the Penalties of Perjury. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE ACT. fully solemnizing trary to Provi Transportation, Years, and not XXIV. And be it enacted, That every Person Penalty for wil. who, after the Promulgation of this Act, shall know- Marriage coningly and wilfully solemnize any Marriage in this sions of Act, Island, except by Special Licence, in any other Place not exceeding 14 than a Church or Chapel in which Marriages may be less than 7 Years solemnized, according to the Rites of the Church of England, or than the Registered Building or Office specified in the Notice and Certificate as aforesaid, shall be guilty of Felony, (except in the Case of a Marriage between Two of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, according to the Usages of the said Society; or between Two Persons professing the Jewish Religion, according to the Usages of the Jews); and every Person who in any such registered Building or Office shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any Marriage, in the absence of the Registrar of the District in which such Registered Building or Office is situated, shall be guilty of Felony; and every Person who shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any Marriage in this Island, after the Promulgation of this Act, (except by Licence, within Twenty-one Days after the Entry of the Notice to the DeputyRegistrar as aforesaid,) or if the Marriage is by Licence within Seven Days after such Entry, or after Three Calendar Months after such Entry, shall be guilty of Felony; which Felony shall be punished by Transportation beyond Seas, for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years, nor less than Seven Years. trar acting in his to the Terms of XXV. And be it enacted, That every Deputy- Deputy-Regis Registrar who shall knowingly and wilfully issue any Office contrary Certificate or Licence for Marriage, after the Expira- this Act, or wiltion of Three Calendar Months after the Notice shall an illegal Marhave been entered by him as aforesaid; or any Marriage Licence before the Expiration of Seven Days fully registering riage held guilty of Felony. |