Celebration of marriage.
20. Marriage in licensed place of worship by recognised minister.
1.
Marriages may be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any recognised
minister of the church, denomination or body to which the place of worship
belongs, and according to the rites or usages of marriages observed in that
church, denomination or body.
2.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the marriage shall be celebrated with open doors
between the hours of eight o’clock in the forenoon and six o’clock in the afternoon,
and in the presence of two or more witnesses besides the officiating minister.
21. Minister not to celebrate marriage if impediment nor without
licence, etc.
A minister shall not celebrate any marriage if he or she knows of any just impediment to
the marriage, nor until the parties deliver to him or her the registrar’s certificate or the
Minister’s licence.
22. Place of celebration of marriage.
A minister shall not celebrate any marriage except in a building which has been duly
licensed by the Minister, or in such place as the Minister’s licence may direct.
23. Registrars etc. to be provided with books of certificates.
1.
The Minister shall cause to be printed and delivered to the several registrars and
to the recognised ministers of licensed places of worship, books of marriage
certificates in duplicate and with counterfoils in Form E in the First Schedule to this
Act.
2.
The books of marriage certificates shall be kept by the several registrars and the
recognised ministers for the time being of the licensed places of worship under
lock and key and be in custody of those registrars and ministers respectively.
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