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tration Act, 1856, to register such a marriage, or of a deputy 19 & 20 Vict. appointed by such secretary by writing under his hand, and approved by the president for the time of the London committee of deputies of the British Jews by writing under his hand.

3. His Majesty may by Order in Council make general Power to make general regulations prescribing the forms to be used under this Act regulations. and making such other provisions as seem necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act, and may by Order in Council revoke, alter, or add to any Order in Council made under this Act.

4. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
The expressions "Registrar-General" and "registrar"
mean respectively the Registrar-General within the
meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Act,
1836, and a superintendent registrar of marriages within
the meaning of the Marriage Act, 1836; and

Interpreta

tion.

The expression "marriage officer" means a marriage officer 55 & 56 Vict.
for the time being under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, c. 23.
and includes any person for the time being empowered
to register a marriage under section eighteen of that Act.

5. In the application of this Act to Scotland

(1) References to the forbidding of a certificate shall not
apply;

(2) A reference to a caveat shall be construed as a refer-
ence to an objection, and the provisions respecting
the entry of a caveat on frivolous grounds shall not
apply;

Application to Scotland.

c. 80.

(3) The expressions "Registrar-General" and "registrar" 17 & 18 Vict.
mean respectively the Registrar-General of births,
deaths, and marriages in Scotland, and the registrar
of births, deaths, and marriages for a parish or
district under the Registration of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages (Scotland) Act, 1854, and the Acts
amending that Act;

(4) Paragraph (a) of subsection one of section two shall be
read as if the following words were inserted after
the word "solemnized," namely, "or to any registrar,
"law agent, or other person whom he desires to
"draw up any declaration of irregular marriage
"between him and a British subject"; and para-
graph (b) of the same subsection shall be read as
if the following words were inserted after the word.
"solemnized," namely, "or to aid in effecting the
said irregular marriage";

(5) The duły appointed minister of a synagogue shall be
substituted in subsection (3) of section two for the
secretary of the synagogue or deputy as described in
that subsection.

Application to Ireland.

Short title.

6. In the application of this Act to Ireland the expressions "Registrar-General" and "registrar" mean respectively the Registrar-General and registrar within the meaning of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.

7. This Act may be cited as the Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE EXCEPT IN SCOTLAND.

A. CONDITIONS.

1. The applicant shall sign a notice stating the name, surname, profession, condition, nationality, and residence of each of the parties to the marriage, and whether each of the parties is or is not a minor.

2. The applicant shall at the time of giving the notice make and subscribe in a book to be kept by the registrar or officer for the purpose an oath

(a) that the applicant believes that there is no impediment to the
marriage by reason of kindred or alliance, or otherwise; and
(b) that the applicant has for three weeks immediately preceding had
his usual residence within the district of the registrar or officer;
and

(c) if the applicant, not being a widower or widow, is under the age of
twenty-one years, that the consent of the persons whose consent
to the marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or
that there is no person having authority to give that consent, as
the case may be.

3. The registrar or officer shall file every such notice and keep it with the archives of his office, and shall forthwith enter in a book of notices to be kept by him for the purpose, and post up in some conspicuous place in his office a copy of every such notice, and shall keep it so posted up for at least twenty-one days.

4. The book in which the notice is entered, and the copy posted up, shall be open at all reasonable times without fee to the inspection of any person.

B.-PROVISIONS AS TO FORBIDDING CERTIFICATE, AND AS TO CAVEATS.

5. Any person whose consent is required by law to marriages solemnized in England may forbid the certificate by writing the word "forbidden" opposite to the entry of the application in the book of notices, and by subscribing thereto his name and residence and the character by reason of which he is authorized to forbid the certificate.

6.-(a) Any person may enter with the registrar or officer a caveat against the granting of the certificate, signed by him or in his behalf and stating his residence and the grounds of his objection.

(b) The registrar or officer shall examine into the matter of the caveat and decide whether it ought to obstruct the giving of the certificate or not.

but he may if he thinks fit refer the matter to the Registrar-General to decide. If the registrar or officer decides the question himself, and decides that the caveat ought to obstruct the granting of the certificate, the applicant for the certificate may appeal to the Registrar-General in manner provided by regulations made under this Act.

(c) The caveat shall cease to operate—

(i) if withdrawn by the persons entering it; or

(ii) if it is decided by the registrar or officer or by the Registrar-
General on appeal that it ought not to obstruct the giving of
the certificate.

PART II.

PROVISIONS applicable IN SCOTLAND.

A.-CONDITIONS.

1. The applicant shall give a notice to the registrar of the parish or district in which he shall have resided for a period of not less than fifteen clear days previous to the giving thereof. Such notice shall be in the form as nearly as may be set forth in Schedule A. to the Marriage Notice 41 & 42 Vict. (Scotland) Act, 1878, but shall state, in addition to the particulars therein c. 43. set out, the nationality of the parties to the intended marriage.

2. On the receipt of a notice of an intended marriage the registrar, being satisfied that the notice is conformable to the requirements of this Act, shall forthwith enter the particulars set forth in the notice in the Marriage Notice Book kept in terms of the Marriage Notice (Scotland) Act, 1878, and shall on the same day post or put up in a conspicuous and accessible place on the door or outer wall of his office a public notice of the intended marriage, in the form as nearly as may be set forth in the Schedule B. annexed to the said last-mentioned Act, but stating, in addition to the particulars therein set out, the nationality of the parties to the intended marriage, and shall keep the same so posted or put up for seven consecutive days thereafter.

B.-PROVISIONS AS TO OBJECTIONS.

3. (a) Any person may enter with the registrar an objection against the granting of the certificate signed by him or on his behalf, and stating his residence and the grounds of his objection.

(b) The registrar shall refer any objection to the Registrar-General, who shall decide whether it ought to obstruct the granting of the certificate or not, and shall instruct the registrar accordingly, and the instructions so given shall be carried out by the registrar.

(c) The objection shall cease to operate—

(i) if withdrawn by the person entering it; or

(ii) if it is decided by the Registrar-General that it ought not to
obstruct the granting of the certificate.

OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer (for Canada) to the King's most Excellent Majesty.

CHAP. 48

An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1900..

[21st December, 1906.]

BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and

with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

PART I.
SAFETY.

of British

1. Sections four hundred and thirty-seven to four hundred Application and forty-three of the principal Act (which relate to load-line) load-line except subsections (3) and (4) of section four hundred and forty, provisions to shall, after the appointed day, apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port in the United Kingdom, as they apply to British ships, without prejudice—

(a) to the power of His Majesty previously to apply those
provisions to the ships of any foreign country, if the
Government of that country so desire, under section.
seven hundred and thirty-four of the principal Act;
and

(b) to any direction of His Majesty in Council given under
section four hundred and forty-five of the principal
Act in the case of ships of any foreign country in
which the regulations in force relating to overloading
and improper loading are equally effective with the
provisions of the principal Act.

foreign ships.

2. Section four hundred and sixty-two of the principal Act Detention of (which relates to the detention of foreign ships)—

foreign ships when unsafe

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