Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill Preliminaries for Civil Marriage 2009 19. Notice in civil marriage (1) Where a civil marriage is intended to be contracted, one of the parties to the intended marriage shall sign and give to the District Registrar of the district in which the marriage is intended to take place, a notice in Form C specified in the Third Schedule to this Act. (2) Where the party who gives notice is unable to write or to understand the English language, it shall be sufficient if he or she places his or her mark on the notice in the presence of a literate person who shall attest the notice in Form D specified in the Third Schedule to this Act. 20. Civil Marriages’ Notice Book (1) Upon receipt of a notice given under section 19, the District Registrar shall cause the notice to be entered in a book to be called the Civil Marriages’ Notice Book. (2) The District Registrar shall also cause a copy of the notice to be published by affixing it on a public notice board at his or her office for twenty one consecutive days after the day on which the notice was entered in the Civil Marriages’ Notice Book. (3) The Civil Marriages’ Notice Book shall be open for inspection by the public during office hours on payment of the prescribed fee. 21. District Registrar’s marriage licence in civil marriage (1) The District Registrar shall, at any time after the expiration of the period of twenty one days and before the expiration of three months after the date of the notice and upon payment of the prescribed fee by the parties, issue a licence in Form E specified in the Third Schedule to this Act. (2) The District Registrar shall not issue a marriage licence under this section unless— 18