Supplement to Official Gazette No. 49, Vol. 58, 7th ‘October, 1971—Part B
L.N. 72 of 1971 .
MARRIAGE ACT(CAP. 115)
Marriage (AppointmentofPrincipal Registrar, Registrars, etc.)Notice 1971
Commencement : 11th August 1971
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Marriage Act,section 147 of the Constitution of the Federation and of all other powersenabling it in that behalf, the Public Service Commission of the Federationhereby makes the following appointments :°
‘1. For the purpose of the Marriage Act—
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Appointmer
(a) the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, is ofPrincipalhereb inted the Principal Regi £ Marri Registrar ofereby appointed the Principal Registrar of Marriages, Marriages,
(6) The Senior Assistant Secretary on the staff of the Permanent ‘¢Secretary, Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, is hereby appointed the Cap. 115.Registrar of Marriages for the marriage district of Lagos, and
(c) The Executive Officer in charge of the Marriage Registry, on thestaff of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, ishereby appointed the Deputy Registrar of Marriages for the marriagedistrict of Lagos.
2. For the purposes ofthe MarriageAct— Appointment(a) theofficers mentioned in the second column of Schedule1 hereto are of rrerringes
herebyseverally appointed registrars of marriages for the marriagedistricts and theirmentionedin the first column, and deputies.
(4) the officers mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule 1(or, where no officers are specified, the officers next in rank to the officermentioned in the second column) are hereby severally appointed deputyregistrars of marriages for the marriage districts mentioned in the firstcolumn to act in the absence or during theillness or incapacity of theregistrar of marriages.
3,.—(1) This notice may be cited as the Marriage (AppointmentofPrincipal Citation,Registrar, Registrars, etc.) Notice 1971 and shall be deemed to have come tmentand.into operation on 11th August 1971. canellation.
(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule.2 hereto are hereby cancelled.
SCHEDULE1
REGISTRARS AND DEPUTY REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGESMarriage Districts Registrars of Marriages Deputy Registrars of:Marriages
Lacos STATETkeja - The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive OfficerBadagry The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive OfficerEpe The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive Officer
WESTERN STATE
Egba The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive OfficerEgbado The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive OfficerAkoko The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive OfficerAkure The Divisional Officer The Higher Executive Officer
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Marriage Districts
: ‘SCHEDULE 1—continued
REGISTRARS AND Deputy REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES—continued
Registrars of Marriages
WESTERN STATE—continued
Ekiti CentralEkiti NorthEkiti SouthEkiti WestTjebuIjebu RemoIbadan City AreaIbadan DivisionTbarapa“HeIjesha Northesha SouthOkitipupaOndo ~:Oshun CentralOshun North-
EastOshun North-West
Oshun South
Owo DivisionOyo NorthOyo South
Mrp-WEsTERN STATE
Benin WestDivision and. :Benin CityUrban
Benin EastIshan DivisionFtsakoOwan -Akoko EdoAboh ,AsabaTkaUrhobo and
Sapele Urban_TsokoWarriWestern Ijaw
East-CEnTRAL STATE
Aba Urban
Newa
Ukwa
Ishielu
The Divisional OfficerThe Divisional Officer
The Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional Officer
The Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerTheDivisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional Officer
The Divisional Officer
The Divisional Officer
The Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional Officer
Senior/Divisional Officer
Senior/Divisional OfficerSenior/Divisional OfficerSenior/Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerThe Divisional OfficerSenior/Divisional OfficerSenior/Divisional OfficerSenior/Divisional OfficerSenior/Divisional Officer
The Divisional Officer* Senior/Divisional Officer
Senior/Divisional Officer
The Administrative Officer ife otthe area
The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area -
“The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
‘The Administrative Officeri/c ofthe area
Deputy Registrars of Marriages
The Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive Officer
- The Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive Officer.The Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive Officer
The Higher Executive Officer
The Hgiher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive OfficerThe Higher Executive Officer
SCHEDULE ..1—continned
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REGISTRARS AND Depury REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES—continued:
Marriage Districts
Afikpo
Nijikoka
Aguata
Isiuzo
Igbo-Eze
Nkanu
Okigwi
Etiti
Mbano
Onitsha Urban
Anambra
Idemili
Nnewi
Thiala |
Nsukka Urban
Nkwerre
Mgbidi
Owerri Urban
Mbaise
Mbaitoli/Ikeduru
Oguta
Umuahia Urban
Arochukwu
Bende
Ohafia
Registrars of Marriages
East-CENTRAL STATE—continued
The Administrative Officer i/c of.the area
The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
The Administrative Officer i/e ofthe area
The Administrative Officer ife ofthe area
The Administrative Officer ife ofthe area
The Administrative Officer ifc of.the area |
The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
The Administrative Officer ‘ife ofthe area
The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
The Administrative Officet ife of.the area
The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
The Administrative Officer i/e ofthe area
The Administrative Officer ife ofthe area
The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
The Administrative Officer i/c of_ the areaThe Administrative Officer i/c of
the areaThe Administrative Officer i/e of
. the areaThe Administrative Officer i/c of
the areaThe Administrative Officer i/e of
the areaThe Administrative Officer if/cof
the area“The Administrative Officer i/c of
the areaThe Administrative Officerifc of —
the areaThe Administrative Officer i/c-of
the areaThe Administrative Officer’ ife of ©
the areaThe Administrative Officerie of
the area’
Deputy Registrars of Marriages
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
REGISTRARS AND Deputy REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES—continued
Marriage Districts Registrars of Marriages
East-CentraL State—continued
Enugu Capital ©The Administrative Officer i/c ofTerritory the area
Abakaliki Urban The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
Awgu The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
Udi The Administrative Officer i/e ofthe area
Ezzikwo The Administrative Officer i/c ofthe area
Rivers STATEAhoada The Divisional OfficerBrass The Divisional Officer -Degema The Divisional OfficerOgoni The Divisional OfficerPort Harcourt Senior Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Local Governmentand Information
Souru-EasTern STATEAbak Administrative Officer i/cCalabar Administrative Officer i/cCalabar Capital Administrative Officer i/c
TerritoryEket Administrative Officer i/cEnyong Administrative Officer i/cIkom Administrative Officer i/cIkot Ekpene Administrative Officer i/cObudu Administrative Officer i/cObubra Administrative Officer i/cOgoja Administrative Officer i/cOpobo Administrative Officer i/cUyo Administrative Officer.i/c
Kano STATEKano The Permanent Secretary res-
ponsible for Home AffairsHadejia The Administrative OfficerGumel The Administrative OfficerKazaure The Administrative OfficerKano Metropo- The Administrative Officer
litan AreaKano North- The Administrative Officer
- Central
Kano South- The Administrative OfficerWest
Kano South-East The Administrative OfficerKano West The Administrative Officer
Deputy Registrars of Marriages
Assistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerDevelopment Officer
Assistant Divisional Officer
Assistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional OfficerAssistant Divisional Officer
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
REGISTRARS AND Deputy REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES—continued
Marriage Districts Registrars of Marriages
Nortu-CenTraL STATE :
Capital Territory The Administrator of Kadunaof Kaduna
Zaria Division The Provincial Secretary
Katsina Province The Provincial SecretaryJema’a The Divisional Officer
Nortu-WeEsTern STATE
Sokoto The Provincial Secretary
Argungu The Divisional Officer
Gwandu The Divisional OfficerMinna The Provincial Secretary
Bida The Divisional Officer
Kontagora The Divisional Officer
Norts-EAsTern STATE
Adamawa The Provincial Secretary
Bauchi The Provincial Secretary.
Bornu The Provincial Secretary
Sardauna The Provincial Secretary
. Kwara State
Torin The Provincial Secretary
Kabba The Provincial Secretary
Deputy Registrars of Marriages
Assistant Administrator No. 1
The District Officer
The District Officer
The Officer performing theduties of the Divisional Officer~in-Charge of Jema’a Division.
e
TheDivisional Officer (Head-quarters)
The Assistant Divisional Officer
The Assistant Divisional Officer
The Divisional Officer
The Assistant Divisional Officer
TheAssistant Divisional Officer
The Divisional Officer—NumanThe Divisional Officer—
JalingoThe Divisional Officer-~AzareThe Divisional Officer—GombeThe Divisional Officer—NguruThe Divisional Officer—BiuThe Divisional Officer—BamaThe Divisional Officer—
Potiskum
The Divisional Cfficer—GanyeThe Divisional Offcer—Gembu
The Divisional Officer—TlorinThe Divisional Officer—BorguThe Divisional Officer—
Lafiagi/PategiThe Local Authority—BacitaThe Local Authority—New Bussa
The Divisional Officer—KabbaThe Divisional Officer—IgalaThe Divisional Officer—Igbirra
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
REGISTRARS AND DepuTy REGISTRARS OF MarriaGEs—continued
Marriage Districts Registrars of Marriages - Deputy Registrars ofMarriages
BENUE-PLATEAU STATE
Jos The Divisional Officer. The Divisional ClerkPankshin The Divisional Officer The Divisional ClerkLowland The Divisional Officer The Divisional ClerkAkwanga The Divisional Officer The Divisional ClerkNasarawa The Divisional Officer The Divisional ClerkLafia The Divisional Officer The Divisional ClerkTiv The Divisional Officer The Divisional Clerk
Idoma The Divisional Officer The Divisional ClerkWukari The Divisional Officer The Divisional Clerk
SCHEDULE2
ENACTMENTS CANCELLED
Title -Citation
1. Appointments and Directions under sections Vol. VIII pages 535 et seq.4and 5 ofthe Marriage Act ‘Laws of Nigeria 1948.
2. Marriage (Appointment ofRegistrar) L.N. ‘16 of 1961.(Ibadan Division) Notice 1961.
3. Marriage (AppointmentofPrincipal L.N. 18 of 1961.Registrar, Registrar, etc.) Notice 1961.
Daten at Lagosthis 22nd day of September 1971.
Sute KatacumChairman
S. L. A. ManowaMember
Yusur JecaMember
EXPLANATORY NoTE
(This note does not form part of the above Notice but isintended to explain its purpose)
The Notice appoints the Principal Registrar of Marriage, MarriageRegistrars and Deputy Registrars of Marriages for the purposes of theMarriage Act.
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L.N. 73 of 1971MARRIAGE ACT
(CAP. 115)
Marriage (Designation ofDistricts) Order 1971
Commencement : 11th August 1971
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Marriage Act and ofall other powers enabling mein that behalf, the Head of the Federal MilitaryGovernment, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, hereby makes thefollowing Order :— .
_ 1. For the purposes of the Marriage Act Nigeria is hereby divided into Division ofthe marriagedistricts specified in Schedule 1 to this Order. Nigeriainto
districts,Cap. 115.
2.—(1) This Order may becited as the Marriage (Designation of Districts) Citation,Order 1971 andshall be deemed to have comeinto operation on 11th August mentand.1971. revocation.
(2) The Orders set out in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby7revoked.
SCHEDULE1
MarriaGE Districts
Lacos State WESTERN StaTE—continued
Lagos Oshun SouthIkeja OwoDivisionBadagry Oyo NorthEpe Oyo South
WESTERN STATE M1p-WeEsTERN STATE
Benin West Division andEgba vv esEgbado Benin City UrbanAkoko Benin EastAkure - Ishan DivisionEkiti Central EtsakoEkiti North OwanEkiti South Akoko-EdoEkiti West AbohTjebu AsabaIjebu Remo Ika |Ibadan City Area Urhobo and Sapele UrbanIbadan Division TsokoIbarapa WarriIfe Western Ijaw
eche Sone East-CentraL STATEOkitipupa Aba UrbanOndo NgwaOshun Central UkwaOshun North-East Ishielu ‘Oshun North-West Afikpo
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
Marrrace Districts—continued
East-CeNTRAL StaTe—continued Kano State
Nyikoka KanoAguata HadejiaIsiuzo GumelNkanu KazaureOkigwi Kano Metropolitan AreaEtiti Kano North-CentralMbano Kano South-WestOnitsha Urban Kano South-EastAnambra Kano WestIdemiliNnewi
Thiala Norti-CentRaL STATENsukka Urban . 8Nkwerre Capital Territory of KadunaMgbidi Zaria DivisionOwerri Urban KatsinaMbaise Jema’aMbaitoli/Ikeduru
taUmuahia Urban NorTH-WESTERN STATE
Arochukwu SokotoBende Argungu
Ohafia . . GwanduEnugu Capital Territory MinnaAbakaliki Urban BidaAweu > .Ude Kontagora
Ezzikwo
NortH-EasTERN STATERivers STATE Adamawa
Ahoada BauchiBrass BornuDegema SardaunaOgoniPort Harcourt
Kwara State
SoutH-EastERN STATE Lorin
aKabba
AbakCalabarIgbo-Eze
S rare
Calabar Capital Territory BeNnvg-PLATEAUEket
J0s
Enyong Pankshin
TkomLowland
Ikot Ekpene Akwanga
ObuduNasarawa
ObubraLafia
OgojaTiv
OpoboTdoma_
Uyo Wikari
\
an SCHEDULE 2.: Orpzrs REVOKED
Title oO L - Citation
. 1. Orders Under section 3: of the Vol. VIII Page 534, Laws of Nigeria‘ Marriage Act. ~ 1948.
2."Marriage (Appointment of Dis- L.N. 41 of 1957-——Vol. IX page 1392.trict of Lagos) Order 1957. Laws of the Federation of Nigeria
1958.
‘Daren at Lagos this 26th day of August 1971.
A. A, Atta,Secretary to the
Federal Military Government
_ ExpLaNaTory Note
(This note does notform part of the above Order but isintended to explain its purpose)
TheOrder divides the whole country into marriage districts for thepurposes ofthe Marriage Act.
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MarriageOffices.
Citation,commence-ment andextent.
L.N. 74 of 1971MARRIAGE ACT
(CAP. 115)Marriage (Location ofMarriage Offices) Directions 1971
Commencement : 11th August 1971
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Marriage Act and ofall other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, the Federal Commissioner forInternal Affairs hereby give the following directions :—
1. The marriage office in respect of each marriage district mentioned in thefirst column of the Schedule hereto shall be the office specified in relationthereto in the second column ofthe said Schedule.
2.—(1) This instrument may be cited as the Marriage (Location ofMarriage Offices) Directions 1971 and shall apply throughout the Federation.
(2) This instrument shall be deemed to have come into force on 11thAugust 1971.
SCHEDULE
MARRIAGE OFFICES
Marriage District Marriage Office
Lacos STATE
Lagos Federal Ministry of InternalAffairs, Alagbon Close,Ikoyi
Ikeja Divisional Office, IkejaBadagry Divisional Office, BadagryEpe ee Divisional Office, Epe
WESTERN STATE
Egba .. Divisional OfficeEgbado_.. Divisional OfficeAkoko Divisional OfficeAkure . Divisional OfficeEkiti Central Divisional OfficeEkiti North Divisional OfficeEkiti South Divisional OfficeEkiti West .. Divisional OfficeTjebu Remo ve . a Divisional OfficeIbadan City Area .. . .e Divisional OfficeIbadan Division . . Divisional OfficeIbarapa.. Divisional OfficeIfe .. . Divisional OfficeTjebu + Divisional OfficeTjesha North .- Divisional OfficeTjesha South ae Divisional OfficeOkitipupa .. Divisional OfficeOndo oe oe oe . .. Divisional OfficeOshun Central... .. e .. Divisional OfficeOshun North-East .. Divisional OfficeOshun North-West Divisional OfficeOwo Division Divisional OfficeOyo Division... . . .. Divisional OfficeOyo North... .. .- .. .. Divisional OfficeOyo South .. + +. . .- - Divisional Office
Western Tjaw
East-CENTRAL STATE
Aba Urban.. oe . ee eeNgwa . . oe ..UkwaIshieluAfikpoNijikokaAguataIsiuzo .Igbo-EzeNkanuOkigwiEkitiMbano eOnitsha UrbanAnambraIdemiliNnewi |ThialaNkwerreMgbidi . . .Owerri Urban .. .. oeMbaise .... .e .. eeMbaitoli/Ikeduru . .. .. oeOguta a ve a oe +.Umuahia Urban .. ..Arochuku ..BendeOhafia oeEnugu Capital Territory .Abakaliki Urban ..Awgu oUdiEzzikwo ..Nsukka Urban
SCHEDULE—continued
MarriaGe Orricrs—continued
Marriage District Marriage OfficeMip-WeEsTERN STATE
Benin West
Division and Benin City Senior Divisional OfficeUrban \Benin East .. .. Senior Divisional OfficeIshan Division ... Senior Divisional OfficeEtsako Senior Divisional OfficeOwan oe Divisional OfficeAkoko Edo Divisional OfficeAboh Senior Divisional OfficeAsaba Senior Divisional OfficeTka Senior Divisional OfficeUrhobo and SapeleUrban Senior Divisional OfficeIsoko + Divisional OfficeWarri Senior Divisional Office
Senior Divisional Office
Divisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional Headquarters
.. Divisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional Headquarters
.. Divisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional Headquarters.Divisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional Headquarters
- _ Divisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional Headquarters‘Divisional HeadquartersDivisional HeadquartersDivisional Headquarters
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SCHEDULE—continued
MarriaGe Orrices—continued
Marriage District Marriage Office
Rivers STATE
Ahoada Divisional OfficeBrass Divisional OfficeDegema Divisional OfficeOgoni oePort Harcourt...
SouTH-EASTERN STATE
Abak oeCalabar Capital TertitoryEketTkomEnyong ..Ikot EkpeneObuduObubraOgojaOpobo +. .Uyo.. .. *e
Kano STATE
Kano osHadejia.. .Gumel ee eeKazaure .,Kano Metropolitan ‘Area.Kano North-CentralKano South-WestKano South-EastKano West..
NortH-CENTRAL STATE
Capital Territory of Kaduna
Zaria DivisionKatsina .. osJema’a ee oe
NorTH-EASTERN STATE
Adamawa .. .e
Bauchi ae oe
Bornu oe es
Sardauna .. a
Divisional OfficeMinistry of Local Govern-ment and Information
Divisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficéDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional Office
Ministry of Home AffairsDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional Office
Divisional OfficeDivisional Office
Office of AdministratorNo. 1
Provincial OfficeProvincial OfficeProvincial Office
Provincial Office, AdamawaDivisional Office, NumanDivisional Office, JalingoProvincial Office, BauchiDivisional Office, AzareDivisional Office, GombeProvincial Office, BornuDivisional Office, NguruDivisional Office, BiuDivisional Office, BamaDivisional Office, PotiskumProvincial Office, SardaunaDivisional Office, GanyeDivisional Office, Gembu
SCHEDULE—continued
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nee MarriaGe Orrices—continued
Marriage District
Kwara STATETorin
Kabba
NortTu-WESTERN STATE
Sokoto .- es
Gwandu oeMinnaBidaKontagora ..
BENUE-PLATEAU STATE
Jos .. o oePankshinLowlandAkwangaNasarawa ..LafiaTiv ..Idoma_ .....
Wukari
| Marriage Office
Provincial Office, IlorinDivisional Office, HorinDivisional Office, BorguDivisional Office, Lafiaji/_ PategiLocal Authority Office,
BacitaLocal Authority Office, New
BusaProvincial Office, KabbaDivisional Office, KabbaDivisional Office, IgalaDivisional Office, Igbirra
Provincial OfficeDivisional Office
- Divisional Office‘Provincial OfficeDivisional OfficeDivisional Office
Divisional Office.. Divisional Office.. Divisional Office
Divisional Office
Divisional Office_ Divisional Office
Divisional OfficeDivisional Office
Divisional Office
Datep at Lagosthis 6th day of September 1971.
ExpLanatTory Note
KamSELEM,Federal Commissionerfor
Internal Affairs
* (This note does notform part of the above instrument but isintended to explain its purpose)
The instrument appoints marriage offices for the purpose of marriagesunder the Marriage Act.
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