CAP. 181]
Marriage
[1984 Ed.
Marriage by special licence at other place.
office, celebrate the marriages of such persons at that place on that date between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. (Added 1 of 1960, s. 11)
(4) (a) The marriage shall take place in the presence of 2 or more witnesses, and in the following manner---
(i) the Registrar shall first address the parties to the following effect-
"Before you are joined in matrimony, it is my duty to remind you of the solemn and binding character of a marriage in this Registry (or place), which is in law the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. Know ye, therefore, A.B., and C.D., that, by the public taking of each other as man and wife in my presence and in the presence of the persons now here, and by the subsequent attestation thereof by signing your names to that effect, you become legally married to each other, although no other rite of a civil or religious nature shall take place."; and
(ii) each of the parties shall then say to the other-
"I call upon all persons here present to witness that I, A.B., do take thee, C.D., to be my lawful wedded wife (or husband).” (Replaced 1 of 1960, s. 11)
(b) Where the Registrar is satisfied that he and the parties and witnesses all understand the Chinese language or the same dialect thereof, the marriage may be celebrated wholly in that language or that dialect. (Replaced 1 of 1960, s. 11)
(5) The Registrar and the parties and witnesses shall thereupon sign duplicate certificates in the form and manner hereinbefore prescribed. (Amended 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
(6) The Registrar shall deliver one certificate to the parties and shall file the other in his office. (Amended 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
22. Whenever the Governor's special licence authorizes the celebration of a marriage at a place other than a licensed place of worship or the office of the Registrar and such marriage is not to be celebrated by the Registrar, the Registrar, on taking the affidavit of one of the parties to the marriage, shall deliver to him or her a blank certificate of marriage in duplicate, and the minister celebrating the marriage, the parties, and 2 or more witnesses shall sign the same, in manner hereinbefore prescribed, and the minister shall deliver one certificate to the parties, immediately after the marriage, and shall transmit the other to the Registrar within 7 days thereafter, and the Registrar shall file the same in his office.
(Amended 14 of 1926, s. 5; 27 of 1937, Schedule; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960, s. 12)