1) IT IS ILLEGAL FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTER OF RELIGION/ MARRIAGE OFFICERS TO SOLEMNIZE A MARRIAGE OR SIGN MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES CONTRARY TO THE DENOMINATION TO WHICH HE BLONGS Refer to Marriage Act June 2, 1897 Section 8
"No minister of religion who is a Marriage Officer shall act as a Marriage Officer with respect to any marriage which is contrary to the religious denomination to which he belongs."
2) ONLY A LICENSED HINDU MARRIAGE OFFICER CAN SOLEMNIZE A HINDU WEDDING IN JAMAICA : Refer to Hindu Marriage Act- 19 Dec. 1957 ; Section 19 states:
"Any person who without being duly licensed as a marriage officer-
a] Knowingly and wilfully solemnizes any marriage purporting to be a marriage under the provisions of this act OR
b] Knowingly and wilfully makes or signs any certificate or signs any declaration required by this Act to be made or signed by a marriage officer, shall be guilty of felony and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three years."