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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

Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.

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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 = repealed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 = repealed and substituted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Repealed and Superseded: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.