In lieu of the first form set out there, the following— “Do I understand that you (name), and you (name), have been heretofore married to each other by customary law and that you come here for the purpose of binding yourselves legally to each other as man and wife so long as both of you shall live?” In lieu of the second form set out there, the following— “Whereas you (name), and you (name), profess that you have been heretofore married to each other by customary law and whereas that marriage does not bind you by law to each other as man and wife so long as both of you shall live and whereas you desire to bind yourselves legally each to the other as man and wife so long as both of you shall live: Know you that by the public taking of each other as man and wife so long as both of you shall live, in my presence and in the presence of the persons now here, and by the subsequent attestation of that taking by signing your names to that effect, you become legally bound to each other as man and wife so long as both of you shall live although no other rite of a civil or religious nature shall now take place, and that hereafter your marriage cannot be dissolved during your lifetime, except by a valid judgment of divorce; and if either of you before the death of the other shall illegally contract another marriage while your marriage to each other remains undissolved, you will be thereby guilty of bigamy, and liable to punishment for that offence.” And in lieu of the third form set out there, the following— “I call upon all persons here present to witness that I, (name), take you (name), to be my lawful wife (or husband) so long as both of us shall live.” 30. Facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in Uganda and British subjects resident in England, etc. (1) Where marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in Uganda between a British subject resident in Uganda and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, a certificate of marriage issued in England by a superintendent registrar or a

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