s.13Temporary absence of Marriage Officer
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Section 13Part 0 —

Temporary absence of Marriage Officer

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Subject to this section, any Marriage Officer intending temporary absence from the Islands shall notify the Registrar General of such intention, and shall make such arrangements for the custody of the Marriage Register Books supplied to him as shall be satisfactory to the Registrar General.
Where any Marriage Officer intends to leave the Islands for a time, and the care of his place of worship and the conduct of the services therein are entrusted to any person not being a minister of religion, it shall be lawful for the Governor, on the recommendation of the Marriage Officer intending to leave as aforesaid or on the recommendation of the responsible governing body of such place of worship to appoint such person to act as a Marriage Officer during the absence of the Marriage Officer in question, or until some other minister of religion shall have been appointed in his stead.
In such a case, such first mentioned Marriage Officer shall hand over the Marriage Register Books supplied to him to the person appointed to act as a Marriage Officer during his absence, and the latter, on the return of the Marriage Officer first mentioned, or on the arrival of some minister of religion to take his place, shall cease to be a Marriage Officer, and shall re-deliver the said Marriage Register Books, or other books supplied to him in lieu thereof, to the minister of religion for whom he has been acting or to his successor.
Any person appointed to act as a Marriage Officer under subsection (3) shall, for the time during which he is appointed to act, have all the rights and powers, and be subject to all the obligations of a Marriage Officer.

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