Religious bodies
Transitional, savings, and related provisions1 section
Short Title and commencement
Prohibited degrees of marriage1 section
Interpretation
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Enactments repealed
Application of Act
Enactments ceasing to have effect in New Zealand
Registrar-General and Deputy Registrar-General
List of marriage celebrants
Marriage celebrants of specified religious bodies
Approval of organisations
Marriage celebrants from approved organisations
Other persons may be marriage celebrants
Renewal of list
Removal of names from list
Evidence of list or correction to list
This Part not to limit sections 32 and 32A
Marriage of persons within prohibited degrees of relationship void
Validation of certain marriages already solemnised
Marriage of persons under 16 years of age
Marriage of persons 16 and 17 years of age
Court may appoint lawyers in proceedings under section 18
Judge may obtain cultural report
When marriage is or may be declared void
Marriages not to be void because of defects in procedure
Notice of marriage
Issue of marriage licence and information return
Caveats may be lodged
Discharge of caveat
Vexatious caveat
Registrar to issue licence unless satisfied marriage unlawful
Licence authorises but not obliges marriage celebrant to solemnise marriage
When marriage may be solemnised
Place and form of marriage before marriage celebrant
Marriage of Quakers
Marriage in accordance with rules and procedures of exempt religious bodies
Application to become exempt religious body
Declaration of religious body as exempt religious body
Change in beliefs or objects of exempt religious bodies
List of exempt religious bodies
Marriages before Registrar
Registrar-General may solemnise marriage
Proxy marriages
Marriage registers
Foreign marriages of British subjects
Marriages abroad of Commonwealth citizens and citizens of Ireland
Certificate of no impediment to person intending foreign marriage
Notice of intended marriage outside New Zealand
New Zealand representative may attend marriage abroad of New Zealand citizen and give certificate
Validity of service marriages
Offence to alter register book without authority
Offence to solemnise marriage contrary to provisions of this Act
Offence to solemnise marriage falsely pretending to be marriage celebrant
Offences in connection with false statements and improper solemnisation of marriages
Limitation on prosecutions
Regulations
Rules of procedure
Registrar-General may specify manner of application and verification of information
Disposition of fines and fees
Repeals and savings