Marriage Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part V · General
37. Searches in register
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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.
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;
On payment of the prescribed fee, a minister of religion or a
minister of religion
“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;
Marriage Registrar shall give, when required, a certificate that the provisions of sections 10 and 18 respectively have been complied with.
Marriage Registrar
“Marriage Registrar” means a person appointed under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of conducting civil marriages;
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;