Section 49 Marriage Act Section 49 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Validity of foreign marriages. It provides as follows: Subject to sections 50 to 53 of this Act, a marriage between parties one of whom is a citizen of Nigeria, if it is contracted in a country outside Nigeria before a marriage officer…

Section 48 Marriage Act Section 48 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marrying minor without prescribed consent. It provides as follows: Whoever, knowing that the written consent required by this Act has not been obtained, shall marry or assist or procure any other person to marry a minor under the age of twenty‐one years,…

Section 47 Marriage Act Section 47 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Contracting marriage by customary law when already married by this Act. It provides as follows: Whoever, having contracted marriage under this Act, or any modification or re‐ enactment thereof, or under any enactment repealed by this Act, during the continuance of such…

Section 46 Marriage Act Section 46 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Contracting marriage under this Act when already married by native law. It provides as follows: Whoever contracts a marriage under the provisions of this Act, or any modification or re‐enactment thereof, being at the time married in accordance with customary law to…

Section 45 Marriage Act Section 45 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Fictitious marriage. It provides as follows: Whoever goes through the ceremony of marriage, or any ceremony which he orshe represents to be a ceremony of marriage, knowing that the marriage is void on any ground, and that the other person believes it…

Section 44 Marriage Act Section 44 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Personation in marriage. It provides as follows: Whoever personates any other person in marriage, or marries under a false nameor description, with intent to deceive the other party to the marriage, shall be liableto imprisonment for five years.

Section 43 Marriage Act Section 43 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Wilful neglect of duty to fill up or transmit certificate of marriage. It provides as follows: Whoever, being under a duty to fill up the certificate of a marriage celebrated by him, or the counterfoil thereof, or to transmit the same to…

Section 42 Marriage Act Section 42 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Unlawfully performing marriage ceremony. It provides as follows: 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…

Section 41 Marriage Act Section 41 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about False pretence of impediment to marriage. It provides as follows: Whoever endeavours to prevent a marriage by pretence that his consent thereto is required by law, or that any person whose consent is so required does not consent, or that there is…

Section 40 Marriage Act Section 40 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Making false declarations, etc., for marriage. It provides as follows: Whoever in any affidavit, declaration, certificate, license, document, or statement by law to be made or issued for the purposes of a marriage, declares, enters, certifies or states any material matter which…