Existing appointments continued. 1880, No. 21, see. 1

Act not to extend to marriages of Natives. Ibid, see. 2

Districts to be pro claimed. Ibid, sec. 3

Registrar-General and Registrars to be appointed, and Deputy Registrars. Ibid. sec. 4

Duties of Deputy Registrars. Ibid, sec. 5

When Deputy to act. Ibid, sec. 6

Registrar's power to levy fees. Ibid, seo. 7

(3.) All districts, regulations, oflices, and appointments subsist: ing ftt the commencemen t o f this Act shall be deemed to have been constituted Qr ma( J e un( J er th jg Act 2. Nothing herein contained shall apply to any marriage which ma y c contracted otherwise than according to the provisions of this between two persons both of the native aboriginal race : Provided that this Act shall come into operation in respect of marriages between persons of the said race in such districts and at such times as the Governor shall by Proclamation from time to time appoint : Provided also that persons of the aboriginal native race may, if they desire, contract marriage according to the provisions of this Act. Districts, Registrars, &c. 3. The Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may divide j- ne Qpj O ny of New Zealand for the purposes of this Act into such an( _j gQ many districts as he shall think fit, and assign a distinct name to every such district ; and may, from time to time, in a similar manner, vary the number, name, and boundaries of such districts, or abolish any of the same. 4. The Governor may, by warrant under his hand, appoint a Registrar-General for the colony ; and also The Governor may from time to time appoint Registrars of Marriages, and also may at any time appoint a fit person to be the deputy of the Registrar-General, or of any Registrar, to act as Registrar-General or Registrar, as the case may be, in case of death. illness, or unavoidable absence. 5. Every Deputy shall, during the time he shall so act, have all p owers an( ] privileges, and perform all the duties, and be subject to all the responsibilities of the Registrar-General or Registrar for whom he shall have been appointed deputy ; Except that the Deputy of the Registrar-General shall not have the power given by the eighth section of this Act of making, abolishing, or altering such regulations as are therein mentioned. 6. Whenever the Registrar-General or any Registrar shall die, the Deputy appointed as aforesaid shall act from the day of such death until a new appointment has been made to the office vacated thereby ; and, in case of illness or absence, shall act from such day as such Registrar-General or Registrar, as the case may be (or, in case of illness incapacitating him to do so, his medical attendant), shall certify under his hand, to the Deputy appointed as aforesaid to act for him, that he is ill and unable to perform his duties, or that he is about to be absent; and such Deputy shall cease to act from the day on which he shall receive from the officer whose deputy he is a certificate under his hand to the effect that such officer has resumed his duties. No Registrar shall have power to act during such term as his Deputy is lawfully acting. 7 '['he Registrar-General and every Registrar duly appointed are hereby respectively empowered to receive and take the several fees specified in the Schedule B to this Act; and all fees so received shall be accounted for by them to the Colonial Treasurer at such times and in such manner as he shall from time to time direct. Any Registrar, or any other person required by this Act to do any act for which a fee is demandable, may refuse to do such act until such fee is first paid.

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Marriage Acts Compilation.