Registration of Marriages Act · s 14

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14.
Offences and penalties
(1) Any person who induces any woman or female child to appear with him or with some other person before a Registrar and to declare or acknowledge that she is married to him or to such other person, if —
(a) he knows at the time that she is not so lawfully married according to the institutions of the religion she professes;
(b) she is under the age of 18 years of the religion professed by her parents or natural guardians by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to the parties or either of them or knows or has reason to believe that such woman or female child has a husband living from whom she has not been lawfully divorced according to the institutions of the religion professed by her at the time of such former marriage; or
(c) she was then under the age of 18 years of the religion professed by her parents or natural guardians by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to the parties or either of them, unless by the institutions of such religion or by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to him, he is permitted to have more than one wife at any one time, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for 7 years.

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(2) The court before whom any person is convicted of an offence in contravention of subsection (1) shall order the cancellation of the registration of the marriage and shall transmit a copy of such order to the Registrar by whom such marriage was registered and to the Registrar General of
Marriages and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such marriage.
(3) Any male person who, having a wife living and prevented from having more than one wife at a time —
(a) according to the institutions of the religion he professes or which he professed at the time of his marriage to such wife; or
(b) by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to the parties or either of them, procures or attempts to procure the registration under this Act of a marriage between himself and any other woman or female child shall, subject to the exceptions contained in section 494 of the Penal Code (Chapter 22), be liable to the same penalty as if he had committed an offence punishable under that section.
(4) Any person who forges any entry in any register kept or any certified copy of any entry therein given under the provisions of this Act or who fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any such certified copy which he knows or has reason to believe to be forged shall be punishable on conviction with the penalty provided in section 466 of the Penal Code
(Chapter 22) for offences punishable under that section or under section 471
of the Penal Code, as the case may be.

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s 14Offences and penalties

(1)

Any person who induces any woman or female child to appear with him or with some other person before a Registrar and to declare or acknowledge that she is married to him or to such other person, if —

(a)

he knows at the time that she is not so lawfully married according to the institutions of the religion she professes;

(b)

she is under the age of 18 years of the religion professed by her parents or natural guardians by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to the parties or either of them or knows or has reason to believe that such woman or female child has a husband living from whom she has not been lawfully divorced according to the institutions of the religion professed by her at the time of such former marriage; or

(c)

she was then under the age of 18 years of the religion professed by her parents or natural guardians by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to the parties or either of them, unless by the institutions of such religion or by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to him, he is permitted to have more than one wife at any one time, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for 7 years.

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(2)

The court before whom any person is convicted of an offence in contravention of subsection (1) shall order the cancellation of the registration of the marriage and shall transmit a copy of such order to the Registrar by whom such marriage was registered and to the Registrar General of

Marriages and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such marriage.

(3)

Any male person who, having a wife living and prevented from having more than one wife at a time —

(a)

according to the institutions of the religion he professes or which he professed at the time of his marriage to such wife; or

(b)

by the law or custom having the force of law applicable to the parties or either of them, procures or attempts to procure the registration under this Act of a marriage between himself and any other woman or female child shall, subject to the exceptions contained in section 494 of the Penal Code (Chapter 22), be liable to the same penalty as if he had committed an offence punishable under that section.

(4)

Any person who forges any entry in any register kept or any certified copy of any entry therein given under the provisions of this Act or who fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any such certified copy which he knows or has reason to believe to be forged shall be punishable on conviction with the penalty provided in section 466 of the Penal Code

(Chapter 22) for offences punishable under that section or under section 471

of the Penal Code, as the case may be.