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If there is one thing that the people are entitled to expect from their lawmakers, it is rules of law that will enable individuals to tell whether they are married and, if so, to whom.

Justice Robert H. Jackson
u.s. supreme court

 

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NEW ZEALAND

Marriage Act 1955

 

§ 3. Application of Act—
 

(1) The provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to capacity to marry, shall apply to the marriage of any person domiciled in New Zealand at the time of the marriage, whether the marriage is solemnised in New Zealand or elsewhere.

(2) The provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to the formalities of marriage, including the provisions relating to consents to the marriage of minors, shall apply to any marriage solemnised in New Zealand, and to any marriage solemnised under section 44 of this Act, whether or not either of the parties to any such marriage is at the time of the marriage domiciled in New Zealand.

Approved Oct. 27, 1955

Source: Act 1955 No. 92.

Citation: Marriage Act 1955, § 3, 1955 S.N.Z. No. 92.