Acts and Regulations

2011, c.188 - Marriage Act

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Clerics may solemnize marriage
2013, c.25, s.3
2(1)Any person being resident in the Province may solemnize the ceremony of marriage between any two persons who are lawfully entitled to contract that marriage, if the person is duly registered under this Act and charged with the solemnization of the ceremony of marriage by a church or religious denomination
(a) in respect of which persons being resident in the Province and duly registered under this Act and charged with the solemnization of marriage by that church or religious denomination were, immediately before September 1, 1987, authorized to solemnize marriage under this Act, or
(b) that is recognized in accordance with subsection (2).
2(2)The Registrar may recognize a church or religious denomination for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) if the church or religious denomination is, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, permanently established as to the continuity of its existence in accordance with the criteria prescribed by the regulations.
2(3)A decision by the Registrar to recognize, or to refuse to recognize, a church or religious denomination may be reviewed by the Minister, and any decision of the Minister to recognize a church or religious denomination shall be deemed to be a recognition under subsection (2).
2(4)The Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept a register showing the names of every church or religious denomination recognized under subsection (2) and any other particulars that the Registrar considers advisable.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.2; 1979, c.39, s.3; 1983, c.50, s.2; 1986, c.52, s.2; 1999, c.2, s.1; 2000, c.13, s.1
Persons entitled to solemnize marriage
2(1)Any person being resident in the Province may solemnize the ceremony of marriage between any two persons who are lawfully entitled to contract that marriage, if the person is duly registered under this Act and charged with the solemnization of the ceremony of marriage by a church or religious denomination
(a) in respect of which persons being resident in the Province and duly registered under this Act and charged with the solemnization of marriage by that church or religious denomination were, immediately before September 1, 1987, authorized to solemnize marriage under this Act, or
(b) that is recognized in accordance with subsection (2).
2(2)The Registrar may recognize a church or religious denomination for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) if the church or religious denomination is, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, permanently established as to the continuity of its existence in accordance with the criteria prescribed by the regulations.
2(3)A decision by the Registrar to recognize, or to refuse to recognize, a church or religious denomination may be reviewed by the Minister, and any decision of the Minister to recognize a church or religious denomination shall be deemed to be a recognition under subsection (2).
2(4)The Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept a register showing the names of every church or religious denomination recognized under subsection (2) and any other particulars that the Registrar considers advisable.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.2; 1979, c.39, s.3; 1983, c.50, s.2; 1986, c.52, s.2; 1999, c.2, s.1; 2000, c.13, s.1
Persons entitled to solemnize marriage
2(1)Any person being resident in the Province may solemnize the ceremony of marriage between any two persons who are lawfully entitled to contract that marriage, if the person is duly registered under this Act and charged with the solemnization of the ceremony of marriage by a church or religious denomination
(a) in respect of which persons being resident in the Province and duly registered under this Act and charged with the solemnization of marriage by that church or religious denomination were, immediately before September 1, 1987, authorized to solemnize marriage under this Act, or
(b) that is recognized in accordance with subsection (2).
2(2)The Registrar may recognize a church or religious denomination for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) if the church or religious denomination is, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, permanently established as to the continuity of its existence in accordance with the criteria prescribed by the regulations.
2(3)A decision by the Registrar to recognize, or to refuse to recognize, a church or religious denomination may be reviewed by the Minister, and any decision of the Minister to recognize a church or religious denomination shall be deemed to be a recognition under subsection (2).
2(4)The Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept a register showing the names of every church or religious denomination recognized under subsection (2) and any other particulars that the Registrar considers advisable.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.2; 1979, c.39, s.3; 1983, c.50, s.2; 1986, c.52, s.2; 1999, c.2, s.1; 2000, c.13, s.1