Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 209, 1976 - SECT 17

17. Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) and substituting the
        following paragraph:-

''(a) notice in writing of the intended marriage has been given in accordance
with this section and has been received by the marriage officer solemnizing
the marriage not later than 1 month before the date of the intended marriage;
and''; and

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (4) the words ''the seventh day or the
        fourteenth day, as the case may be,'' and substituting the figure and
        word ''1 month''.