Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1), is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both. 170. False pretence of impediment to marriage Any person who prevents a marriage by doing any of the following acts— (a) by claiming that his or her consent to it is required by law; (b) by claiming that any person whose consent is required does not consent; or (c) by claiming that there is any legal impediment to the performing of the marriage and where he or she does so knowing that the pretence is false or without having reason to believe that it is true by true, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding forty eight currency points or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both. 171. Unlawfully performing marriage ceremony Any person who performs or witnesses as a marriage officer a ceremony of marriage, knowing that he or she is not duly qualified to do so or that any matter required by law for the validity of the marriage has not happened or been performed, so that the marriage is void or unlawful on any ground, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both. 172. Willful neglect of duty to fill or transmit certificate of marriage Any person who, being under a duty to fill out the certificate of marriage celebrated by him or her or its counterfoil, or to transmit the certificate to the registrar, willfully fails to perform that duty, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty four currency points or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. 69