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Marriage and Registration Act 1856

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XVRegistrar General may appoint Registrars of Marriages ; and Appointment of Registrars of Marriages by Superintendent Registrars to be subject to the Approval of the Registrar General.

The Registrar General shall have Power and he is hereby authorized from Time to Time to appoint, by Writing under his Hand, such Person or Persons as he may think fit, with such Qualifications as the said Registrar General by any General Rule shall have declared to be necessary, to be a Registrar or Registrars of Marriages within the District of any Superintendent Registrar; and every Appointment to be hereafter made by any Superintendent Registrar of any Person or Persons to be a Registrar or Registrars, for the Purpose of being present at Marriages to be solemnized under and by virtue of any or either of the said recited Acts or of this Act, shall be by Writing under the Hand of such Superintendent Registrar, and shall be subject to the Approval of the Registrar General.

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