Section 44. Certified copy of e n i ~ . ~ ~

44. Certified copy of e n i ~ . ~ ~ - of mnrri:igc 11-itllout; furtlicl. proof. 44. Every certified copy, puiyorting to be signed by the person entilusted under this Act with the custody of any Marriage Register , , ~ ~ ~ ~ %? a r or certificate $ ~ ~ br duplicate ceelificate required to be kept or gister* ed as evide~lce 8ic.l to of receiv- mardelivered under tliis Act, of any entry of a marriage in riage without further such Register, or of any such certificate oy duplicate cerproof. tificate, shall be received as evidence of the marriage purporting to be so entered, or of the facts purporting to be so certified therein, without furtller proof of such Register or certificate, or duplicate copy, or of any entry therein respecti~rely, or of such copy. 45. Nothing contained in this Part shall apply to These provisions not to apply to Registers ?r the Register or certificate of any mamiage solemnized under certificates of certnln ,,,al.riages fio~emniae~ the said Statute 14 and 15 Vie., cap. 40, or the said by Marriage Regisa c t v 1852. irzrs. e Registrar heyeafter appointed under the provisiolzs of the said Act V of 1852 shall be a ~hristiad: and may be so al311ointed either by name or as Marriage Registrars to be may be appointed `er-` oflcio. - holding any office for the time being. `PART V.` `as` to to the `1Mu+*~icbge of` `of` Nudive `Christiuns.` 47.[[And mrl~~reas ]] it 47.[[And mrl~~reas ]] it i s expedient to make provision for the marriage of Native Christians to wllorn the provisions of the said Statute power to license persons to grant certifi- `14` and `15` Vic., cap. 40, a11d the said Act V of 1852 are found ontes of inarriage betlveen Native chrisnot to be suitable, it is further enacted that it shall be tians. laqrfill for the Local Government or the Chief Conlnlissioiler of any p r ~ ~ i i l ~ e , to issue a license to any person being a Christia~z, either by name or as holcling any office for the time being, authorizing hi111 to grant certificates of marriage between Natire Christians. Any such licc~iec nzay be revokcd by tllc, Government or Cl~ief Commissioner by whom itb;& granted ; and euery such gmlt oy revocation sllall be notified ill the Official Gazette. , :. `8 ,` It shall llot be a neccssapy pr~limiiiaiy tot..the gxailt of a c&tiiicate by ' . . , Certificate . . . . ? ~ n r i lje ax! y jlevsolz licci~scd ~inclc.~,. tlie last. prccccling Scctjion, tll.at a.ny i$n -1vi thou t.]>~driai~s ,l:dti~.& of 111~1-sj age $1 lo~lil h;l,-\rc: he?!l. gi.s-c~i by oitllc~: of the ~IO.L!CC `of` 111:ir~iage.. . . , . : ' . , . . . : . lia.~t,i&s' t.o .sue11 n-h,ri:id,gc, or tl~e~tl &ny I ce~tificntc s11.ould - lln-i~c l~~Ei;.~issz~~d :of; Aup ~~oticc lla.xi12.g ,Ijeeu- ;gi.ve,n . under. k'iic . provisions 'of the said , , . . .. d: , ! : .: : Act V $': `-,` 9 L 26 8 .: F *-- - ---- - r- ACT No. V oa $865. \ A d V of 1852 or otherwise; and every marriage betweca@abke COpsi5aians `a s` aforesaid applying for a certificate under this Part of this Act, shall be ce;.tified under this Part of' this Act if the following conditions he GoudiUouv. fulaled, and not otherwise :- (1.)[The age of 'the man intending to be married shall exceed sixteen ][years, ] and the age of the woman intending to be married s h d exceed thirteen years : (2.)[The man and the woman shall not stand to each other within the ] prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity : (3.)[Neither of the persons intending to ][be ][married shall have a wife ][or ] husband still living : (4.) In the presence of the person so licensed and of at least two credible mitllesses, each of the parties shall say to the other- " I cali upon these psrsons here present to witness that I, A. B., in the presence of Alrniglity God and in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ do take thee, C. `I>.,` to be my lawful wedded wife (or husbmd)," or words to the Like effect : (5.)[Such declaration shall be made between tho hours of six in the morn- ] ing and seven in the evening.