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Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 s 20

Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 s 20

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 20

(1) If a caveat is entered in accordance with section 19 he Registrar shall not issue a certificate for the marriag gainst which the caveat has been entered unless- (a) after enquiring into the matter of the said objection, he is satisfied that it ought not to prevent the issue of such certificate for the marriage; or (b) the caveat is withdrawn by the person who entered it: Provided that in cases of doubt it shall be lawful for the Registrar to refer the matter of any such caveat to the High Court which shall decide upon the same. upon either confirm the refusal or direct the grant of the (3) The High Court may require proof of the allegations ontained in the caveat in a summary way and may hea vidence in support of and in opposition to the obiectior (4) The proceeding under this section shall be before a Judge in chambers. (5) There shall be no appeal from a decision of a Judge under this section. [Pt. III, S. 20-21] (6) If a caveat is entered in accordance with section 19, pong to mi hi ất ch onhitn the Regitar tan e ile certificate for marriage. (7) If the High Court declares the grounds of objections to be frivolous and such as ought not to prevent the issue of the certificate for marriage the person entering the caveat shall be liable for the costs of all proceedings relating thereto and for damages to be recovered by suit or action by the party against whose marriage such caveat was entered

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Find Act 164 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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