Section 1: Delegation of Powers to Issue Licenses under Section 13 of the Marriage Act.

The power conferred on the Minister to grant a license to marry by section 13 of the Marriage Act is hereby delegated to and may be exercised by any of the following officers, that is to say-(a) the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs;
(b) the Permanent Secretary of any State Ministry which has been charged with the responsibility for marriage in the state concerned; or
(c) any officer in any of the aforementioned ministries not below the rank of an Administrative Officer Class II,
so however that nothing in this delegation shall prevent the exercise by the Minister himself of the power hereby delegated.