Marriage With Foreigners Act, 1906

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Application to Scotland.

17 & 18 Vict. c. 80.

5. In the application of this Act to Scotland—

(1) References to the forbidding of a certificate shall not apply;

(2) A reference to a caveat shall be construed as a reference to an objection, and the provisions respecting the entry of a caveat on frivolous grounds shall not apply;

(3) The expressions “Registrar-General” and “registrar” mean respectively the Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland, and the registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for a parish or district under the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act, 1854, and the Acts amending that Act;

(4) Paragraph (a) of subsection one of section two shall be read as if the following words were inserted after the word “solemnised,” namely, “or to any registrar, law agent, or other person whom he desires to draw up any declaration of irregular marriage between him and a British subject”; and paragraph (b) of the same subsection shall be read as if the following words were inserted after the word “solemnised,” namely, “or to aid in effecting the said irregular marriage”;

(5) The duly appointed minister of a synagogue shall be substituted in subsection (3) of section two for the secretary of the synagogue or deputy as described in that subsection.