Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 (2) The marriage certificate shall be signed in quintuplicate by the officiating District Registrar, the parties and the witnesses to the marriage and the District Registrar shall give one copy to the parties to the marriage, retain one copy and forward one copy to the Registrar General. Objections to Civil Marriages 25. Objection to a civil marriage A person who knows of any reasonable ground why a civil marriage should not take place may enter an objection against the issue of the marriage licence by a District Registrar by writing, at any time before the issue of the licence, the word “forbidden” opposite the entry of the notice in the respective Marriage Notice Book and stating the reason why he or she claims to forbid the issue of the marriage licence. 26. Objection by person outside Uganda Where a person who knows of any reasonable ground why a marriage should not take place resides outside Uganda, he or she may send his or her objection, signed in accordance with the law of his or her country of residence and duly authenticated by a Notary Public, counsel, or another person authorized by the law of that country for the purpose to the District Registrar concerned or the Registrar General, whichever would be best placed to ensure receipt of the objection. 27. Grounds for objection to a civil marriage A person may make an objection to a marriage where— (a) the parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship, whether natural or legal or by marriage; (b) either party is of unsound mind at the time of the marriage; (c) either party, at the time of marriage, has a living spouse and the marriage with the living spouse is still subsisting; (d) the consent of either party to the intended marriage was obtained by force or fraud; (e) the intended marriage is in contravention of section 15, 16, 17 or 18. 21