II.—OFFICIATING MINISTERS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 456, 15 December 1849, Page 4

lI.— OFFICIATING MINISTERS.

(Any Minister of a congregation of forty may require (o be entered as an Officiating Minister.) 8. And be it further enacted lhat any Minister of Religion who shall have been for a period of twelve calendar months in charge of a Christian congregation consisting of at least forty Householders resident in the Province, may apply to the Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages, and the Regis-trar-General on production of certificates signed in duplicate by such forty Householders at least, stating that the applicant has been for such period of twelve calendar months, a Minister of Religion in charge of such congregation of which they are members, shall enter such applicant as an officiating Minister within the meaning of tbe said recited Ordinance and in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall file and preserve one of such certificates among the records of his office and shall give public notice thereof in the Government Gazette. (Power to Governor to cause a Minister to be entered as an Officiating Minister.) 9. It shall be lawful for the Governor or other the Officer administering the Government of the Colony for the time being, on the application of any Minister of Religion accompanied by such proof as his Excellency may require, by an instrument under his hand to direct such Registrar- General to enter such applicant as an officiating Minister within the meaning of the aforesaid recited Ordinance. And it shall he the duty of every such Regis-trar-General, and be is hereby required to make entry accordingly in the book to be kept by him as aforesaid, and also to file and preserve such instrument among tbe records of his office and to give notice thereof in tbe Government Gczette. (rfuch entries may be cancelled.) 10. If subsequently to theentry of any such officiating Minister as aforesaid it shall be i made to appear to the satisfaction of the Go- | vernor or other the Officer administering the i Government of the colony for the time being, that such person has ceased to be a Minister in charge of a Christian congregation consisting of forty resident Householders, or in the case of any such person as may have been entered under the direction of such Governor oi Officer as aforesaid that there is proper and sufficient reason for disallowing such persons to be entered as aforesaid for officiating in virtue of the said recited Ordinance, it shall be lawful for his Excellency by an instrument under his hand to direct the Registrar-Gene-ral to cancel such entry, and the RegistrarGeneral shall cancel such entry accordingly and certify the same in the Government Gazette, and such person in either case shall thereupon cease to be, or to be deemed an officiating Minister within the meaning of the said recited Ordinance. (This Ordinance to be deemed to form part of the Marriage Ordinance.) 11. This Ordinance shall be construed with and shall be deemed and taken to all intents and purposes to form a part in the said recited Ordinance for regulating marriages within the Colony of New Zealand.