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Marriage Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part IV · Offences and Penalties
Marriage Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part IV · Offences and Penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who —
wilfully destroys, tampers with or injures any Marriage
marriage
“marriage” means a marriage as understood by English law, that is, the voluntary union for life or until the marriage is dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction of one man with one woman to the exclusion of all others;
Register book, any entry or certificate therein or any extract or certified copy of such entry;
wilfully and falsely makes or counterfeits any certificate or part of any Marriage Register book; or
wilfully inserts any false entry in such Marriage Register book, certified copy, counterfoil copy or extract, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine and imprisonment for 7 years.
Marriage
Failure to keep register or to issue copies.
marriage
“marriage” means a marriage as understood by English law, that is, the voluntary union for life or until the marriage is dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction of one man with one woman to the exclusion of all others;
Part V