MARRIAGE ACT

Section 42: Unlawfully performing marriage ceremony.

1914Section 42 of 55Federal Republic of Nigeria

Whoever performs or witnesses as a marriage officer the ceremony of marriage, knowing that he is not duly qualified so to do, or that any of the matters required by law for the validity of such marriage has not happened or been performed, so that the marriage is void or unlawful on any ground, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years.

Cite this section

Section 42, MARRIAGE ACT (1914).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/marriage-act/section/42/