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PUBLIC LAW 93-465-OCT. 24, 1974

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"§ 11. Offenses and penalties '"• (a) Whoever, being a judicial officer, minister qualified to celebrate marriages in the Canal Zone, or an officer or employee of the United States, violates section 4, 5, or 6 of this title, shall be fined not more '^"'«' PP- I417, than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than thirty days, or both. " (b) Whoever knowingly makes a false oath as to a material matter for the purpose of procuring or aiding another to procure a marriage license is guilty of perjury and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. "(c) Whoever knowingly files with the Governor, or his designee, a written consent, any signature to which is a forgery, is guilty of uttering a forged instrument and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than fourteen years. " (d) Whoever, not being qualified to celebrate marriages in the Canal Zone pursuant to this subchapter, celebrates what purports to be a marriage ceremony shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years.". SEC. 6. Section 34 of title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 675), is amended to read as follows: "§ 34. Marriage license, without medical certificate, because of pregnancy "If a female applicant for a marriage license makes an affidavit to the effect that marriage is necessary because she is with child and that the marriage will confer legitimacy on the unborn child, the district court may hear and determine on medical testimony the question of pregnancy and, on adjudging that pregnancy exists, shall order the Governor, or his designee, to issue the marriage license if all other requirements of the law regarding the issuance of marriage licenses are complied with, even though the clinical examination and laboratory tests reveal that one or both applicants have syphilis infection. In its order, the court shall provide that the applicant or applicants having syphilis infection shall be treated for the infection as provided by the regulations referred to in section 33 of this title. A copy of the order shall be filed with the Governor, or his designee, in lieu of the medical certificate.". SEC. 7. Subsection (a) of section 36 of title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 675), is amended to read as follows: " (a) If an applicant has been refused a marriage license by the P'-otest. Governor, or his designee, because of failure to obtain a medical certificate, the applicant may elect to file a protest and take the procedure authorized by this section or to take any other procedure.". SEC. 8. Item (4) of section 344 of title 3, Canal Zone Code (76A Repeal. Stat. 62), is repealed, and items (5), (6), (7), and (8) shall be redesignated (4), (5), (6),and (7) respectively. SEC. 9. The analysis of chapter 1 of title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 671), is amended by striking out in the item relating to section 5 "marriages;" and inserting in lieu thereof "a marriage;". SEC. 10. All records of marriages in the custody of the clerk of the Records, transUnited States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone shall ^" '° Governor. be transferred to the Governor, or his designee, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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