Provisions of Registry Act extended to this Act. 44. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be taken to be part of the said Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marri ages, as fully and effectually as if incorporated therewith, and that all the provisions and penalties of the said Act relating to any Registrar or Register of Marriages, or certified copies thereof, shall be taken to extend to the Registrars and Registers of Marriages to be solemnized under this Act, and to the certified copies thereof, so far as the same are applicable thereunto. Extent of Act. 45. And be it enacted, That this Act shall extend only to England, and shall not extend to the marriage of any of the Royal Family (49). SCHEDULES to which this Act refers (50). SCHEDULE (D). I John Cox, Registrar of the district of Stepney, in the county of Middlesex, do hereby certify, That this is a true copy of the entries of Marriage registered in the said district from the entry of the Marriage of John Wood and Ann Simpson, number one, to the entry of the Marriage of James Smith and Martha Green, number fourteen. Witness my hand this first day of July, 1837. John Cox, Registrar. [The italics in this Schedule to be filled up as the case may be.] (49) See the Royal Marriage Act, 12 Geo. 3, c. II. (50) The schedules to this Act, with the exception of Schedule (D), were repealed by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 35. An Act to suspend for a limited Time the Operation of Two Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament, for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England, and for Marriages in England. [24th February, 1837.] How 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86 and 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85 shall be construed as to certain Dates. Whereas two Acts were passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled 'An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England, and An Act for Marriages in England; and by reason of the provisions therein contained the said Acts would come into force on the first day of March now next ensuing; but it is expedient that the full operation of the same should be further delayed: Be it therefore 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, That, subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, the said two Acts respectively shall be construed as if the words "last day of June" had been inserted in the said Acts instead of the words first day of March," in every place where the last-mentioned words are found in the said Acts respectively (2); Provided always, that the Registrar of every diocese shall, within fifteen days after the first day of March now next ensuing, make out and send, through the Post-office, directed to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, at his office, a list of all chapels belonging to the Church of England within that diocese wherein Marriages may be solemnized according to the rites and 66 (1) The whole of this Act has been repealed by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 35; but as it is frequently referred to ante it has been considered desirable to retain it in this work. (2) See 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85, ss. I, 4, 10, 11, 14, 34, 39, 42, and 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86, ss. 1, 18, 19, 20, 25, 40. ceremonies of the Church of England, as if this Act had not been passed (3). First quarterly Deliveries of Copies of Registers, &c., to be in October. 2. And be it enacted, That notwithstanding anything in the said Acts contained, or either of them, the first certified copies of all the entries of Births and Deaths, or first certificate that there has been no birth or death registered in the Register Book to be kept by any Registrar of Births and Deaths (4), and the first certified copy of all the entries of Marriages, or first certificate that there has been no Marriage entered in the Register Book kept by any Rector, Vicar, Curate, Registrar of Marriages, Registering Officer of the Society of Friends, or Secretary of a Synagogue (5), shall be made and given to the Superintendent Registrar in the month of October now next ensuing, and shall contain and certify all the entries made up to the time at which the same shall be so certified to be a true copy, or that there have been no entries up to that time, as the case may be (6). (3) As to such Chapels see 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85, s. 26, et seq. · (4) See 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86, s. 32. (5) Zb. s. 33. (6) These certified copies are to be made up, and to refer respectively to the last days of March, June, September, and December then next preceding. I Vict. c. 22, s. 26. 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. cap. 22. An Act to explain and amend Two Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament, for Marriages, and for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in [30th June, 1837.] England. 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85 ; 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86—Meaning of the Words Notice to the Registrar and Registrar's Certificate. WHEREAS by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled 'An Act for Marriages in England,' and by another Act intituled 'An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England,' sundry provisions were made for the duties of Superintendent Registrars and also of Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, which several provisions require to be further explained and amended: And whereas the recited Acts require amendment in other respects: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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, That where in the said Act for Marriages in England provision is made for giving notice of Marriage to any Registrar, and where in the last-recited Act, or any Schedule thereunto annexed, mention is made of any such Notice, or of the Registrar's certificate of any such Notice, the same shall be construed respectively to mean the Notice to be given to the Superintendent Registrar, and the Certificate thereof to be issued by the Superintendent Registrar, according to the provisions for that purpose contained in the lastrecited Act. * Superintendent Registrars unduly issuing Licences, or solemnizing Marriages, guilty of Felony. 3. And be it enacted, That every Superintendent Registrar who shall knowingly and wilfully issue any licence for Marriage after the expiration of three calendar months after the notice shall have been entered by the Superintendent Registrar, as provided by the said Act for Marriages, or who shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize or permit to be solemnized in his office any Marriage in the last-recited Act declared to be null and void, shall be guilty of felony (1). Registrar General's Certificate of frivolous Caveat to be Evidence. 5. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of enabling any person to recover costs and damages in any action, as provided by the said Act for Marriages (2), from any person who shall have entered a caveat on frivolous grounds with the Superintendent Registrar, a copy of the declaration of the Registrar General, purporting to be sealed with the seal of the General Register Office, shall be evidence that the Registrar General has declared such caveat to have been entered on frivolous grounds, and that they ought not to obstruct the grant of the licence or issue of the certificate, as the case may be; and such declaration shall have the effect of the declaration required in such case by the said Act for Marriages. * * Place of Birth or Death may be inserted in the Register. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Registrar General, if he shall think fit, to direct that the place of Birth or Death of any person whose Birth or Death shall be registered under the said Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, shall be added to the entry in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct; and such addition, when so made, shall be taken to all intents to be part of the entry in the Register (3). Provision for including Extra-parochial Places in Register Districts— 4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Registrar General, with the consent of the Poor Law Commis (1) See 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85, ss. 5, 11, and 15. (2) See 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 85, s. 37. (3) See 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86, s. 18. |