LAGOS STATE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTONS

1.       Alphabetical indexes of registers to be made

2.       Abstracts to be sent to the Commissioner

3.       Registers and records to be deposited in the custody of Principal Registrar

4.       Searches of registers

 5.      Correction of errors in registers

 6.      Certified copies of entries to be evidence

 7.      Power to make regulations

8.       Interpretation

 9.      Citation and commencement

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES LAW

A LAW TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE CUSTODY OF REGISTERS AND RECORDS RELATING TO MARRIAGES IN LAGOS STATE FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

[F. & L. 1958, CAP. 178. L.N. 257 OF 1959. DECREE NO.69 OF 1992]

[6 & 7 Will.4, c.86]

[Commencement]   [25th October, 1917]

1.      Alphabetical indexes of Registers to be made

(1)     The Principal Registrar in the State shall cause to be prepared at the commencement of each year alphabetic indexes showing all marriages registered during the preceding year.

(2)     The indexes shall be in

(a)     prescribed form and manner as the Commissioner may require;

(b)     be preserved as records in the office of the Registrar.

(3)     Every registrar must furnish to the Principal Registrar such returns and in such form as the Principal Registrar may require.

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

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