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Section 36 Marriage Act Section 36 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Fees. It provides as follows: The fees specified in the Second Schedule shall be paid for the several matters to which they are applicable.
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Section 35 Marriage Act Section 35 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Customary marriages. It provides as follows: Any person who is married under this Act, or whose marriage is declared by thisAct to be valid, shall be incapable, during the continuance of such marriage, ofcontracting a valid marriage under customary law; but, save…
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Section 34 Marriage Act Section 34 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriages under this Act valid. It provides as follows: All marriages celebrated under this Act shall be good and valid in law to all intents and purposes.
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Section 33 Marriage Act Section 33 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Invalid marriages. It provides as follows: (1) No marriage in Nigeria shall be valid where either of the parties thereto at the time of the celebration of such marriage is married under customary law to anyperson other than the person with whom…
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Section 32 Marriage Act Section 32 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Evidence of marriage. It provides as follows: Every certificate of marriage which shall have been filed in the office of the registrar of any district, or a copy thereof, purporting to be signed and certified as a true copy by the registrar…
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Section 31 Marriage Act Section 31 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Correction of clerical errors in marriage certificates. It provides as follows: Any registrar, when authorised by the Principal Registrar, may correct any clerical er‐ ror in any certificate of marriage filed in his office, upon production to him of the certifi‐ cate…
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Section 30 Marriage Act Section 30 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage certificates to be registered. It provides as follows: (1) Every registrar shall forthwith register in a book to be kept in his office for such purpose, and to be called the marriage register book, every certificate of marriage which shall be…
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Section 29 Marriage Act Section 29 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage under license. It provides as follows: Whenever the license issued under section 13 of this Act authorises the celebration of marriage at a place other than a licensed place of worship, or the office of the registrar of marriages, the registrar…
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Section 28 Marriage Act Section 28 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage certificate to be signed. It provides as follows: The registrar shall then fill up, and he and the parties and witnesses shall sign, the certificate of the marriage in duplicate, and the registrar shall then fill up and sign the counterfoil…
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Section 27 Marriage Act Section 27 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage in a registrar’s office. It provides as follows: After the issue of a certificate under section 11, or of a license under section 13 of this Act, the parties may, if they think fit, contract a marriage before a registrar, in…