CHAPTER 251 THE MARRIAGE ACT. Commencement: 1 April, 1904. An Act to make provision for marriages. 1. Interpretation. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— 1. “district” means a marriage district constituted under this Act; 2. “registrar” means a registrar of marriages, and includes a deputy registrar when acting as registrar; 3. “Registrar General” means any officer appointed to act as Registrar General for the purposes of this Act. 2. Constitution of marriage districts. The Minister shall, by statutory order, divide Uganda into districts for the purposes of this Act, herein referred to as marriage districts, and may, from time to time by like order, alter the marriage districts, either by alteration of boundaries or by union or subdivision of districts, or by the formation of new districts. 3. Appointment of registrars. 1. The Minister shall, from time to time, appoint a fit and proper person to be the registrar of marriages for each marriage district, and may revoke such appointments; and may also from time to time appoint a deputy registrar of marriages for any district to act in the absence or during the illness or incapacity of the registrar, and may revoke such appointment. 2. For the purposes of this section, absence means absence from the place at which, as provided by section 4, the office of the registrar is situate.