Marriage Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part II · Religious Marriages
14. Registration of religious marriages
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
All religious marriages under this Act shall be registered in the manner following —
every minister of religion shall enter in a register the particulars of every marriage solemnised by him in accordance with the form prescribed in the Fourth Schedule. Such entry shall be made immediately after the solemnisation of the marriage and shall be signed and certified by the officiating minister, both the parties to the marriage and at least two witnesses to the marriage ceremony;
a copy of each entry in the register duly signed and certified by the officiating minister of religion shall within one month from the date of solemnisation of the marriage be forwarded to the Marriage
Registrar for the District in which the marriage was solemnised.
The Marriage Registrar shall cause such certified copy to be filed, and shall make an entry recording the registration in a Marriage Register
Marriage Registrar
“Marriage Registrar” means a person appointed under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of conducting civil marriages;
Book to be kept by him for the purpose and shall sign and date such entry.
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marriage
“marriage” means a marriage as understood by English law, that is, the voluntary union for life or until the marriage is dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction of one man with one woman to the exclusion of all others;
Entries made in the Marriage Registers under subsections (1) and
shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of the Register and shall be numbered consecutively.
Terms defined in s 2
marriage
Defined · s 2“marriage” means a marriage as understood by English law, that is, the voluntary union for life or until the marriage is dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction of one man with one woman to the exclusion of all others;
Marriage Registrar
Defined · s 2“Marriage Registrar” means a person appointed under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of conducting civil marriages;
minister of religion
Defined · s 2“minister of religion” means any priest of the Anglican Church, any minister of the Church of Scotland or Presbyterian Church of England, any priest of the Church of Rome and or any other minister or ecclesiastical or religious official of any other denomination or sect who is authorised under this Act to solemnise marriages;
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