New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 7 July 2010
| Public Act | 1955 No 92 |
| Date of assent | 27 October 1955 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Registrar-General and Deputy Registrar-General
5 Appointment of Registrars and Deputy Registrars [Repealed]
6 Fact of deputies acting conclusive evidence of authority to do so [Repealed]
8 Marriage celebrants of specified religious bodies
10 Marriage celebrants from approved organisations
11 Other persons may be marriage celebrants
14 Evidence of list or correction to list
14A This Part not to limit sections 32 and 32A
Part 3
Restrictions on marriage
15 Marriage of persons within prohibited degrees of relationship void
16 Validation of certain marriages already solemnised
17 Marriage of persons under 16 years of age
18 Consent to marriage of minors
19 Application to Family Court Judge where consent refused
20 General provisions relating to consents
21 Marriages without licence or marriage celebrant void
22 Marriages not to be void because of defects in procedure
Part 4
Formalities preliminary to marriage
24 Issue of Marriage licence and information return
28 Registrar to issue licence unless satisfied marriage unlawful
29 Licence authorises but not obliges marriage celebrant to solemnise marriage
Part 5
Solemnisation of marriage
30 When marriage may be solemnised
31 Place and form of marriage before marriage celebrant
32A Marriage in accordance with rules and procedures of exempt religious bodies
32B Application to become exempt religious body
32C Declaration of religious body as exempt religious body
32D Change in beliefs or objects of exempt religious bodies
32E List of exempt religious bodies
33A Registrar-General may solemnise marriage
Part 6
Registration of marriages
Part 7
Marriages out of New Zealand
39 Foreign marriages of British subjects
40 Marriages abroad of Commonwealth citizens and citizens of Ireland
41 Certificate to person intending a foreign marriage
42 Notice of intended marriage outside New Zealand
43 New Zealand representative may attend marriage abroad of New Zealand citizen and give certificate
44 Validity of service marriages
56 Offence to deny or impugn validity of lawful marriage
57 Offence to alter register book without authority
58 Offence to solemnise marriage contrary to provisions of this Act
59 Offence to solemnise marriage falsely pretending to be marriage celebrant
60 Offences in connection with false statements and improper solemnisation of marriages
66 Disposition of fines and fees
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to marriage
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
