Basutoland and British Bechuanaland Marriage Act 1889
WHEREAS doubts have been entertained as to the validity of certain marriages solemnised by ministers of the Christian religion in Basutoland and in British Bechuanaland, and it is expedient to remove those doubts: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: