Section 6. Whenever a marriage is not solemxized within two months after the certificate to be void date of the

26. Whenever a marriage is not solemxized within two months after the certificate to be void date of the certificate which shall have been issued by such if marribge be not solemnized wlthic t : ~ o[Minister as aforesaid, such certificake alnd ][all ][other ][prc= ] IIIOII~IIS. ceedings thereon shall be void, and no p-ersollshall proceed to solemnize the said marriage zmtil new notice shall have been given and a certificate thereof issued in the manner aforesaid. 27. Provided that whenever any marriage has been solemnized lsy a proof of marriage in[Minister of Religion in accoi~dance with the provisions of ] provisious of Part accordance with the I of Part I of this Act, it shall not be necessary in sul~port of this ~ c t . sucli marriage to give any proof in respect of the dwelling of the persons married, or of the consent of ally persoii wllose consent to sucll iiiarriage is by law, or of the notice of marriage, or of tlie certificate or the translatioil thereof respectively, or in respect of the hours between which the same may have been soleinliized ; iior shall any evidence be given to prove the coiltrary in any suit toucliing tlie validity of s1lc11 marriage. 28.[E~rery marriage soleiiiiiized in India froiix and after the commencement ] of Lhis Act by ally person who l~as ~.ot:eivc=d episcopad ordiiiaHours bet\\ ecn wLich xlarriagza to `LC` t o 1 ~ 1 - tion, or hy ;tuy Clergyman of the Ch~wcli of Scotl~tlid, CY by an)' ~ ~ i ~ e d . Jlii~isLcr li~eilscc~ under tliis Act to solemnize iiia~i*iages, shall `AQT` No. V O@ `L8Q5. 2` % be solemt6zed between the h o ~ m of the h o ~ m of h o ~ m of of be solemt6zed between the h o ~ m of the h o ~ m of h o ~ m of of six in the mo~nbg. m d : seven in theevenkg : Proviso. Provide& t h ~ t thia Section shall not. apply to a Slsrgyma;n sf the Chu~ch of England sol cmr6zing a m&rsipge under a speqi+$ license pe~mitthg 12.h $9 do so at any hour a$her.thau Betwe~p aix in, the, m:ornilag ,. .. and seven `in` the evewing, from tvnd undar the :?mid zmd seal of the Anglicaq Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary ; and it is hereby declared th&t for se& special license the Registrar of the Diocese shall be entitled to char~e such additional fee as such Bishop may sanction : Provided also that this Seetion shall not apply . .- tb . ... a Clergyman of the Church ...-.. - . - . . 'of Rome sblemni3ing a marringt; . . between the hours of seven in the evening agd, six in the morning, when he shall have received a general or spec5a;l license in that behalf from the Eoma\n Catholic Bisl~op of the Diocese or Vica~iate in which such marriage shall so be ioiemnized, or f~om such person a4 the s&e Bishop shall hare authorized td grant such license. . . . . e BY whom `to` be solemnized. 1 4.-By a person who has received a license to grant certificates of marriage between Native Christians under the provisions of Part V of this Act- One of the persons intending marriage shall give notice in writing according to tho firm conliliucd in the Sclioddt: A to this Act annexed or to the likq. effect, to the Minister of Beligion whom he or she s1ia811 desire to solemnize the marriage, and sllall stat0 thcrcin the name or names, aud Ille profession or coadition, of each of the persons intellding marriage, the dwelling pla,ce of each of them, and the time (not being less than four days) during which each has dwelt there, and the Church or private dwelling iu which the marriage i s to be solemnized. Provided that if either of such persons shall have dwelt in the place statcd in the notice during more than one month, it Proviso. may be stated therein that he or she has dwelt there one montli and upmrards. Provided also that at any place or station where there is a Church, no Clergyman of the C1im3ch of England shall solemnize a marriage in a private clwellilig or in any place except in such Cllurch, unless he shall-ha\-e rc:ceived a, special license a~tthorizing him to do ao fi~om and under tlie Ila~~cl avid seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese, or from the Commissaiy of such Risl~op. For sucll siiecial license the Registrar of the Diocese shall be entitled to charge such adclitional fee as the same Bishop may sanction. BY whom `to` be solemnized. 1 12.['P'ie 3Tini~tcr of Religion to whom such noticc ellall lltl~re been deli- ] Publicrttiou of such[vered, ][if ][he shall be entitled to officiate in the Church in ] notice. which it is intencled to solemnize the said mamiage, shall publish every notice of marriage received by him, b j causing the same to be puldishecl m d affixed in some conspicuous part of the same Church. If such lfillister of Religion shall not be entitled to offleiate as a 3Iiniste~ in such Churcli, lle shall at llls ol~tion eitber retn~n the saicl notice to the person deliveriug Ille srlrne to hilii, or shad1 deliucr the sanlc to some othe~ 14i1iist er ent,il!ecl t o ofl~ciatc tllcrein, ~vho shall tl~ereupon cause tlie salllo to be so published and . I `13.`[If ][it ][be intended that the?marriage shall be solemnized in ][a ][private ] dwelling, the Minister of Religion on receiving the notice Notice of intended marriage in private prescribed in the eleventh Section shall forward it to the dwelling. Mwiage Registrar of the Distiict, who shall affix the same to some conspicuous in his own Office. , I BY whom `to` be solemnized. 1 `14.` When one of the persons intending mamiage (not being a widow or widower) is a minor, every such Minister as aforesaid who Notice when one of the persons intending shall receive such notice, and who shall not forthwith return marriage is a minor. it to .the person delivering the same under the twelfth 8ect.ion shall, within twenty-four hours after the receipt by him thereof, send or cause to be sent by the Post, or otherwise, a copy of such notice to the Marriage Registrar of the District. `15.`[The Mariiage Registrar of the Distiict on receiving any such notice ] Publication of such[shall affix the same to some conspicu~us place in his o m ] notice. Office. 16. If there be more Marriage Registrars than one in any District, the Local Goveimment shall appoint one of such Registrars to be Appointment of Senior Marriage RegisSenior I$arriage Registrar, and such notice as aforesaid shall - - trar. be sent to such Senior Mariiage Registrar, who, on receiving the same, shall, besides affixing it in the manner laid down in the last preceding Section, cause a copy thereof to be sent to each of the other Marriage Registrars in the same District, who shall likewise affix the same in their o m Offices or Cllwches, as aforesaid. BY whom `to` be solemnized. 1 ]h7. Any Minister of Religion who shdl consent or intend to solem1lize any such marriage as aforesaid, on being 'equired so to do by Issue of certificate of notice given and declaor on behalf of the person by whom the notice was given, and ' ration made. -~~pon one of the persons intending marria,ge inaking such d ~ - clayation as is hereinafter required, shall issuc under his hand a certificate of such notice having been given and of such declaration having been izzade : Provided that no lawful impediment according to the law of England Proviso. i ~ e S ~ L O M ~ I L to tile satishutioll of such &&lister why such cersooncr forbiddgn in thc inaniler llereiuafter melitioned, by ally person authoriz- i [ I E 5 e i; s. L P 4 - F F i e i I c `3` C, . .. k. s . 18. When by such declaration it appears, or when it is otherwise known to such Minister of Religion, that either of tlze persons `In` case of minority, not to issl,e intending maiiage, not being a widower or widow, is a wti1 days after minor, such Minister shall not issue such certificate until receipt of notice. the expiration of fourteen days after the receipt by him of such notice of marriage. BY whom `to` be solemnized. 1 19.[Before any such certificate ][as ][aforesaid shall be issued by ariy such ] Minister, one of the persons intending marriage shall appear Declaration to be made before issue of personally before such Minister, and shall make a solemn certificate. declaration that he or she believes that there is not ally i-mpediment of kindred or affinity or other la.cvful hindrance to the said marriage, alld when either or both of the parties, not being a widower or widow, is or are a minor or minors, that the consent of the person or persons w11ose consent to such marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or that there is or are no person or persons resident in India having authority to give such consent, as the case may be. 20.[The father, ][if ][living, of any minor not being a widomrer or widow, or, ] if the father be dead, the guardian of the person of such Consent of parent or gnardian -*hen nzcaminor, znd, i~ case there be no such gua~dizii, tlieii the musal `y.` ther of such minor, shall have aukliority to give consent to the nlinor's marriage, and such consent is heyeby required for the same marriage, unless no person authorized to give such consent be resident in India.