1964_MARRIAGE_ORDINANCE — Page 8

1984 Ed.]

Marriage

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and (except in case of a special licence) between 7 a.m. and 7 and in the presence of 2 or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister. (Amended, 50 of 1911, s. 4; 51 of 1911, s. 4, and I of 1960, s. 91

(2) No minister shall celebrate any marriage until the parties deliver to him the certificate of the Registrar or the Governor's special licence. (Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)

20. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the several licensed places of worship books of marriage certifi- cates in duplicate and with butts in the prescribed form. (Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)

(2) The certificate shall be signed in duplicate by the officiating minister, by the parties, and by 2 or more witnesses to the marriage.

(3) The minister shall deliver one certificate to the parties immediately after the marriage, and shall within 7 days thereafter transmit the other to the Registrar who shall file the same in his office. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911, Schedule: 14 of 1926, s. 5; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960, s. 10)

(4) The officiating minister shall enter in the butt the names of the parties and the date of the marriage.

21. (1) After the issue of a certificate by the Registrar, or the grant of a special licence by the Governor, the parties may, if they think fit, contract a marriage before the Registrar:

Provided that, before they are permitted to do so, each of the parties shall sign a written declaration in the presence of the Registrar, which he shall witness, in the prescribed form. (Replaced, 34 of 1932, s. 2. Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4)

(2) Such declaration shall, if necessary, be interpreted to both or either of the parties in their or his or her own language in the presence of the Registrar, and the person interpreting such declara- tion shall subscribe his name to it as interpreter. (Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)

(3) The marriage shall take place in the office of the Registrar, with open doors, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.:

Provided-

(a) in the case of a marriage by special licence, the Registrar may celebrate the marriage in his office or elsewhere as, and at any time, specified in the licence; and

(b) the Registrar may, where, having regard to the number of persons desiring to be married at a particular place on a particular date, he thinks fit and he has given not less than 7 days' notice of his intention to marry such persons at that place on that date by exhibiting a notice to that effect in his

Certificates of marriage.

First Schedule. Form 4.

Marriage before Registrar.

First Schedule. Form 5.