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In forceAmended2020 Revised Edition

Part 5 · Offences Relating to Solemnisation and Registration of Marriages

35. Issuing false copies or extracts

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2022.

(1)

A person (not being the Registrar) must not issue any document that purports to be —

(a)

a copy of, or an extract from, any record or information contained in the State Marriage Register; and

(b)

issued by the Registrar.

(2)

A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; and

(b)

in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

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Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife

Part 7

Protection Against Family Violence

Part 8

Maintenance of Wife, Incapacitated Husband and Children

Part 9

Enforcement of Maintenance Orders

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Amicable Settlement of Disputes

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Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings

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Offences Against Women and Girls

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