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Marriage Regulations

made under Section 33 of the

Marriage Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 436

O.I.C. 2018-121 (effective May 1, 2018), N.S. Reg. 74/2018


Table of Contents


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Citation

Expiration of marriage license

Marriage license fee

Amount retained by issuer

Judge’s fee

Justice of the Peace’s fee

 


Citation

1     These regulations may be cited as the Marriage Regulations.


Expiration of marriage license

2     A marriage license expires 3 months from the date on which it is issued, unless a marriage is performed as authorized in the license.


Marriage license fee

3     The fee for a marriage license is $132.70.


Amount retained by issuer

4     The amount to be retained by an issuer of a marriage license out of the fee to be collected by the issuer for the marriage license is $18.65.


Judge’s fee

5     The fee to be charged by a judge for the solemnization of a marriage in the judge’s chambers or office or in a courtroom is $97.60.


Justice of the Peace’s fee

6     The fee to be charged by a justice of the peace for the solemnization of a marriage in a court or judge’s chambers is $97.60.

 

 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

Marriage Regulations

N.S. Reg. 74/2018

Marriage Act

Note:  The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Marriage Regulations made under the Marriage Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

74/2018

May 1, 2018

date specified

May 11, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added
am. = amended

fc. = fee change
ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

 

Note

Effective
date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.
Regulation

Title

In force
date

Repealed
date

153/2000

Solemnization of Marriage Fee Regulations

Sep 6, 2000

May 1, 2018

155/2000

Solemnization of Marriage License Regulations

Jan 1, 2001

May 1, 2018

Note:  Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table.  It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.

 

 


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