Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 209, 1976 - SECT 26

26. Section 117 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(2) the following sub-section:-

''(2A) A certificate under the hand of the Attorney-General stating that a
specified person was at a specified date-

   (a)  a person authorized under section 39 to solemnize marriages at the
        place and subject to the conditions (if any) specified in the
        certificate; or

   (b)  an authorized celebrant or a justice of the peace appointed by the
        Attorney-General to be a prescribed authority, is prima facie evidence
        of the matters stated in the certificate.''.