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Marriages (Validation) Act

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Arrangement of Sections

1. Validation of Marriages celebrated in Western Nigeria.

2. Validation of Marriages celebrated in Northern Nigeria.

3. Validation of Marriages celebrated in East-Central, Rivers and South Eastern States.

4. Certificates etc. to be evidence

5. Savings

6. Short title, extent and repeal.

An Act to validate certain marriages celebrated in the Western, Eastern and Northern States of Nigeria between 1st January 1954 and the commencement of this Act, which were considered to be of doubtful validity.

[11th August, 1971] [Commencement]

1. Subject to this Act all marriages purporting to have been celebrated under the Marriage Act between 1st January 1954 and the coming into operation of this Act in that part of Nigeria which on the date first mentioned formed part of Western Nigeria and which would have been valid if celebrated-

(a) in duly designated marriage districts;
(b) before duly appointed registrars of marriages and
(c) in duly appointed marriage offices- shall be deemed always to have been valid in law as if they had been celebrated with the due observance of the requirements of the law.

2. Subject to this Act, all marriages purporting to have been celebrated under the Marriage Act between 1st January, 1961 and the coming into operation of this Act in that part of Nigeria which on the date first mentioned formed part of Northern Nigeria shall be and be deemed always as valid as they would be if-

(a) the certificate of notice of the marriage or the grant of the licence to marry, as the case may be, issued or granted under section 11 or 13 respectively of the Marriage Act in respect of each marriage was issued or granted by the proper person having authority to issue such certificate or grant such licence;
(b) in the relevant cases, the public officer who celebrated the marriage was the proper registrar of marriages to celebrate it; and
(c) the office or the place of public worship, as the case may be, in which the marriage was celebrated was the place in which it could legally be celebrated.

3. Subject to this Act, all marriages purporting to have been celebrated under the Marriage Act between 30th May, 1967 and the coming into operation of this Act in the East-Central, Rivers and Central, Rivers and South-Eastern States and which would have been valid if celebrated-

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