Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act 1863

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1863 c. 90
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin, Vicesimo Sexto & Vicesimo Septimo. An Act to provide for the Registration of Marriages inIreland .

(26 & 27 Vict.) C A P. XC.

[28th July 1863]

'WHEREAS it is expedient that a System of Registration of such Marriages as are not within the Provisions of an Act of the Session holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her present Majesty, Chapter Eighty-one, should be established and maintained inIreland: ' Be it 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, as follows:

S-1 Short Title.

1 Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as ‘TheRegistration of Marriages (Ireland ) Act, 1863.’

S-2 Commencement of Act.

2 Commencement of Act.

2. This Act shall commence and take effect from and after the First Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

S-3 Interpretation of Terms.

3 Interpretation of Terms.

3. The following Words and Expressions in this Act shall have the Meanings hereby assigned to them; that is to say,

‘Lord Lieutenant’ shall mean the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland:

‘General Search’ shall mean a Search during any Number of successive Days, not exceeding Six, without stating the Object of Search:

‘Particular Search’ shall mean a Search over any Period not exceeding Five Years for any given Register of Marriage.

S-4 Act to extend to Ireland only.

4 Act to extend to Ireland only.

4. This Act shall extend toIreland only.

S-5 Registrar General to furnish to Boards of GuardiansNotices setting forth Acts required to be done.

5 Registrar General to furnish to Boards of GuardiansNotices setting forth Acts required to be done.

5. The Registrar General of Marriages appointed under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act shall, in sufficient Time before the Thirty-first Day ofDecember One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, furnish to the Guardians of every Union printed Notices, which the said Guardians shall on or before the said Thirty-first Day of December cause to be fixed or placed on the Outside of the several Church and Chapel Doors, or other public and conspicuous Buildings or Places within their respective Unions, and which said Notices shall specify the several Acts required to be done for the Purpose of registering any Marriage under the Provisions of this Act.

S-6 Register Books to be provided.

6 Register Books to be provided.

6. The Registrar General shall cause to be provided such Number of Register Books and Forms as shall be necessary to the Execution of this Act; and the said Register Books shall be of durable Materials, and in them shall be printed on each Side of every Leaf the Heads of Information herein required to be known and registered in respect of Marriages, and every Page of each of such Books shall be numbered progressively from the Beginning to the End of the Book, beginning with Number One, and every Place of Entry shall be also numbered progressively from the Beginning to the End of the Book, beginning with Number One, and every Entry shall be divided from the following Entry by a printed Line; and the Registrar General shall furnish for the Use of the Registrars a sufficient Number of Register Books of Marriages and such other Forms as may from Time to Time be required for the Purposes of this Act.

S-7 Registration Districts to be Districts for this Act.

7 Registration Districts to be Districts for this Act.

7. The several Superintendent Registrars and Registrars Districts which shall from Time to Time be made under the Provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland ) Act shall be the Superintendent Registrars and Registrars Districts for the Purposes of this Act.

S-8 Lord Lieutenant, &c. may alter Boundaries ofDistricts.

8 Lord Lieutenant, &c. may alter Boundaries ofDistricts.

8. The Lord Lieutenant, or the Registrar General with his Approbation, shall have Power, from Time to Time as may be deemed expedient, to alter the Boundaries of the Districts formed under the Provisions of the said recited Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-one, and to form new Districts, and in the event of any new District being so formed to appoint fit Persons to be Registrars for such Districts; and every such Registrar shall hold his Office during the Pleasure of the Registrar General.

S-9 Registrar of Marriages may, subject to Approval ofRegistrar General, appoint a Deputy.

9 Registrar of Marriages may, subject to Approval ofRegistrar General, appoint a Deputy.

9. Every Registrar of Marriages, appointed under the said recited Act or this Act, shall have the Power, subject to the Approval of the Registrar General, to appoint, by Writing under his Hand, a fit Person to act as his Deputy in case of the Illness or Absence of such Registrar, and every such Deputy Registrar while so acting shall have all the Powers and Duties and be subject to all the Provisions and Penalties declared by the said recited Act and this Act concerning Registrars of Marriages, and in case of the Death of the Registrar shall act as Registrar until another be appointed, and every Registrar shall be civilly responsible for the Acts and Omissions of his Deputy.

S-10 Registrars for Births and Deaths to act for Purposesof this Act.

10 Registrars for Births and Deaths to act for Purposesof this Act.

10. The several Superintendent Registrars and Registrars of the several Districts, and their respective Deputies, appointed from Time to Time and acting under the Provisions of the said last-recited Act, shall from Time to Time be the Superintendent Registrars and Registrars of their respective Districts for the Purposes of this Act, if they think fit to accept such Office; and in the event of their Refusal to act, the Guardians of the Union shall appoint a Person, with such Qualifications as the Registrar General may declare to be necessary, to be the Superintendent Registrar or Registrar under this Act; and every such Superintendent Registrar and Registrar shall hold his Office during the Pleasure of the Registrar General.

S-11 Provision for Marriages not within Provisions of 7& 8 Vict. c. 81.

11 Provision for Marriages not within Provisions of 7& 8 Vict. c. 81.

11. In all Cases of Marriages which may be legally solemnized inIreland , and which do not come within the Provisions of the said Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-one, or any Act amending the same, the Parties about to contract any such Marriage shall produce to the Clergyman celebrating the Marriage a Certificate according to the Form A. in the Schedule hereunto annexed, which Certificate shall be procured by the Parties contracting the Marriage, previous to its Solemnization, from the Registrar of the District appointed under this Act within which such Marriage is intended to be solemnized, who shall be bound, as far as possible, without Fee or Reward, to fill up the said Schedule, and it shall be signed by the Parties contracting the Marriage and by the Witnesses present thereat, not being less than Two, and also by the said Clergyman; and the Parties contracting the Marriage shall within Three Days thereafter either deliver or send by Post such Certificate to the Registrar of Marriages appointed under this Act for the District wherein the Marriage was solemnized; and the Husband shall, in case of Failure so to deliver or send such Certificate, be liable in a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, to be recovered as herein-after provided.

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