2. Section 34 of the Marriage Registration Ordinance, hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment", is hereby amended as follows : -
| (a) by the substitution, in subsection (5) of that section, for the expression " was solemnized. ", of the expression " was solemnized together with stamps of a value equal to the amount of the fee payable to such Registrar for the registration of such marriage. ", |
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| (b) by the substitution, in subsection (6) of that section, for the expression " duplicate statement, ", of the expression " duplicate statement together with stamps equal in value to the amount of the fee payable to such Registrar for the registration of the marriage,", and |
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| (c) by the insertion, at the end of that section, of the following new subsection : -
| | " (8) A Minister shall refuse to solemnize a marriage until the parties thereto have paid to him, for transmission to the District Registrar, the fee payable to such Registrar for the registration of the marriage.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts