Section 55 Marriage Act Section 55 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Repeals. It provides as follows: The Marriage Ordinance.’, the Marriage Proclamation”, and the Foreign Marriage Ordinance, 1913, are hereby repealed:Provided, however, that the said enactments shall continue to apply to every marriage contracted thereunder or validated thereby as if this Act had…

Section 54 Marriage Act Section 54 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Forms. It provides as follows: The forms contained in the First Schedule may be used in the cases to which they are applicable, with such alterations as may be necessary.

Section 53 Marriage Act Section 53 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Modifications referred to in section 52. It provides as follows: The modifications referred to in section 52 of this Act are as follows‐(a) references to the registrar’s district shall be construed as references to the country to which the marriage officer is…

Section 52 Marriage Act Section 52 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Act to apply subject to modifications. It provides as follows: Subject to the modifications specified in section 53 this Act shall apply in relation to a marriage contracted before a marriage officer as nearly as may be as it applies in relation…

Section 51 Marriage Act Section 51 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage officer’s office. It provides as follows: The office used by a marriage officer for the performance of his diplomatic orconsular duties shall be regarded as the marriage officer’s office for the purposes ofthis Act.

Section 50 Marriage Act Section 50 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage officers. It provides as follows: For the purposes of this Act, every Nigerian diplomatic or consular officer of therank of Secretary or above shall be regarded as a marriage officer in the country to which he is accredited.

Section 49 Marriage Act Section 49 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Validity of foreign marriages. It provides as follows: Subject to sections 50 to 53 of this Act, a marriage between parties one of whom is a citizen of Nigeria, if it is contracted in a country outside Nigeria before a marriage officer…

Section 48 Marriage Act Section 48 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marrying minor without prescribed consent. It provides as follows: Whoever, knowing that the written consent required by this Act has not been obtained, shall marry or assist or procure any other person to marry a minor under the age of twenty‐one years,…

Section 47 Marriage Act Section 47 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Contracting marriage by customary law when already married by this Act. It provides as follows: Whoever, having contracted marriage under this Act, or any modification or re‐ enactment thereof, or under any enactment repealed by this Act, during the continuance of such…