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(1)Where, on an application made by or through the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar General that a registered building is no longer used for the purpose of public religious worship by the congregation on whose behalf it was registered, he shall cause the registration to be cancelled . . . F1
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(3)Where the Registrar General cancels the registration of any building, . . . F1, under this section, he shall inform the superintendent registrar who shall enter that fact and the date thereof in the book provided for the registration of buildings, and shall certify and publish the cancellation . . . F1, in the manner provided by subsection (5) of the last foregoing section in the case of the . . . F1 registration of a building.
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(5)Where the registration of any building has been cancelled, . . . F1 under this section, it shall not be lawful to solemnize any marriage in the disused building, unless the building has been registered again in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act.
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F1Words repealed by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(1)
F2S. 42(2)(4) repealed by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(1)
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