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| (1) Every diplomatic or consular officer shall be deemed to be an Additional District Registrar for any district in Sri Lanka within the meaning of the Marriage Registration Ordinance (Chapter 112) and the Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act (Chapter 113) and accordingly such diplomatic or consular officer may, notwithstanding the provisions of section 23 of that Ordinance and section 16 of that Act, solemnize and register, in the Sinhala. Tamil or English language, any marriage under that Ordinance or Act, as the case may be, in the foreign country to which he is appointed or accredited, where at least one of the parties to the marriage is a citizen of Sri Lanka, as though such marriage was solemnized and registered in any district in Sri Lanka, |
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| (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (Chapter 115), other than the provisions of subsection (1) of section 8 of that Act relating to capacity, every diplomatic or consular officer shall be deemed to be a Registrar within the meaning of that Act, and accordingly such diplomatic or consular officer may register in the Sinhala, Tamil or English language, any marriage under that Act, in the foreign country to which he is appointed or accredited, Where at least one of the parties to the marriage is a citizen of Sri Lanka and whether the parties are inhabitants of Sri Lanka or not, as though such marriage were registered in any district in Sri Lanka. |
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| (3) The provisions of the Marriage Registration Ordinance, the Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act, and the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to the solemnization and registration, or registration as the case may be, of a marriage referred to in subsections (1) and (2). |
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| (4) Every diplomatic or consular officer shall, in the performance of his functions under subsection (1), comply with the provisions of the Marriage Registration Ordinance, the Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act and the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, as the case may be. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts