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2011, c.188 - Marriage Act

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Caveats against issuance of marriage licence
19(1)Any person on payment of a fee prescribed by regulation may lodge with any issuer a caveat against the issuing of a licence for the marriage of any person named in the caveat, and if a caveat is lodged with the issuer and is duly signed by or on behalf of the person who lodges the caveat and states that person’s place of residence and the ground of objection on which that person’s caveat is founded, no marriage licence shall be issued by the issuer until either the issuer has examined into the matter of the caveat and is satisfied that it ought not to obstruct the issuing of the licence or the caveat is withdrawn by the person who lodged it.
19(2)The issuer may in case of doubt refer the matter of the caveat to the Registrar for his or her advice.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.18; 1979, c.39, s.9
Caveats against issuance of marriage licence
19(1)Any person on payment of a fee prescribed by regulation may lodge with any issuer a caveat against the issuing of a licence for the marriage of any person named in the caveat, and if a caveat is lodged with the issuer and is duly signed by or on behalf of the person who lodges the caveat and states that person’s place of residence and the ground of objection on which that person’s caveat is founded, no marriage licence shall be issued by the issuer until either the issuer has examined into the matter of the caveat and is satisfied that it ought not to obstruct the issuing of the licence or the caveat is withdrawn by the person who lodged it.
19(2)The issuer may in case of doubt refer the matter of the caveat to the Registrar for his or her advice.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.18; 1979, c.39, s.9