THE MARRIAGE LAW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14240, 21 October 1920, Page 5

THE MARRIAGE LAW.

A BILL WITHDRAWN. DEALING WITH BISHOPS AND PRIESTS. The second reading of the Hon. John MacGregor’s Marriage ; Amendment Bill (No. 2), wlnf-h provided that lwi" as the Nc iVmere decree v.is in force in Sow **U»* ”» »“**«' “ priest of the Roman Catholic Lhurch ‘should be placed on the register ol Iroymeu authorised to celebrate marr ages was called on in the LcgislatCouncil yesterday. Mr MacGregor withdieiv the bill, but bcioro doing o remarked that he wished to explain hew the bill came to be introduced. He was a member of the Statutes Revision Committee and had heard the evxd- • ’ thp \Tiirria£e Aincwu niiPG given on tno •* YL4UAlrt fo u nl'nt Bill (No. I, » the. £«*■«* and the toad.i,.gr of one ot the. chm ches. It became the duty ot the com S o to consider how the matter JoUMbest be dealt with, and he came to the conclusion that one of t o would be the proper method. One _ these was tl.o-n.otl.od indicated .« the bill before the Council. The othei method was to amend section f Marriage Act, which read:— Any pel «. "ho objects to be .named -to the provisions of tins Act in the pre .anv officiating minister may, after compliance . with the provisions of this Act ih all other particulars, contract am) solemnise marriage at the Coi and .before - « the presence of two "'.tnes es Bog curred to him that possibly the proper wav would be , A member: To let it alone. Another member: Quite right. It had occurred, to him, continued Mr MacGregor, that the proper way would Se to amend this section so as c> make clause 34 the words “wd.o objects to d,. that "'ll marriages would be celebrated J the presence of the legallyappoinlcl registrar and the officiating minister weuff be done away with altogether jn the Statutes Revision Committee he had given notice of his intention o move ore of these two proposals-that was the one in the bill now before the Council.

NOTHING INCONSISTENT. There was nothing in this bill in com sistent with the clause added by the Statutes .Revision Committee t No 1 bill. When the No. 1 bill was bt £„,' e the Council on the last occasion he c'hl net move a-s he had intended to, aa "on Bering the Oonneil, he hadbeen informed that there was a feehn c m the Council that the best thing to do was to adopt the clause without discussion. It seemed that this idea had originated with members who had shown that their sympathy was with the Catholic Chiucli. lie had eoncurred in the suggestion. In all probability lie would not have thou "lit of introducing this bill but foi o at- + pinent by Archbishop 0 Shea to S» Xt "Li'thc Leader of the Coam oil had raahed the measure thrmvh without discussion. That was m . rect. As matters stood now be under stood there was every probability tin clause the Statutes Revision Committee put into No. 1 Bill being passed bv the House of Representatives in the form in which it left the Council.

the proper cause. The Hon. W. J. Geddis, who had given notice of an amendment to the effect that the bill be read mon^ s sired to congratulate Mr MacGregor on the course he had taken which course Mr Geddis thought to be a proper one. Mr MacGregor had refrained from discussing his bill, and - i c •. dis was therefore anxious .not to say anything that would raise “.““g™; issue or provoke a debate, in ais u„ , « tho matter with Mr MacGregor ha dnv he had agreed that .i. year Luce it was found that the srtuatron required that there should be fuithb legislation, and Mr MacGregor then chose to revive his proposal that aU marriages should be civil, be would give him his support. ■ The bill was then withdrawn.

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