Marriage Act · s 37

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(1)

Every Marriage Register and every certificate or copy of any entry in a Marriage Register shall be open to the inspection of the public on payment of the prescribed fee, and the person authorised to solemnise marriages and having the custody of such registers or certificates shall, if required, give copies certified under his hand of any certificate or entry in any Register relating to any marriage.

(2)

On payment of the prescribed fee, a minister of religion or a

Marriage Registrar shall give, when required, a certificate that the provisions of sections 10 and 18 respectively have been complied with.