5. Places of worship to be licensed.
The Minister may license any place of public worship to be a place for the celebration of
marriages, and may at any time cancel such licence, and in either case he or she shall
give notice thereof in the Gazette.
Preliminaries to marriage.
6. Notice of marriage.
Whenever any persons desire to marry, one of the parties to the intended marriage shall
sign and give to the registrar of the district in which the marriage is intended to take
place a notice in Form A in the First Schedule to this Act.
7. Signature of notice by person unable to write or to understand
English.
If the person giving the notice of marriage is unable to write or is insufficiently
acquainted with the English language, or both, then it shall be sufficient if he or she
places his or her mark or cross to the notice in the presence of some literate person
who shall attest to it, which attestation shall be in Form B in the First Schedule to this
Act.
8. Registrars to supply forms of notice free of cost.
Every registrar shall supply forms of notice gratuitously to any persons applying for
them.
9. Notice to be entered in Marriage Notice Book and published.
1.
Upon receipt of a marriage notice the registrar shall cause it to be entered in a
book to be called the “Marriage Notice Book” which may be inspected during office
hours without fee.
2.
The registrar shall also publish the notice by causing a copy of it to be affixed on
the outer door of his or her office, and to be kept exposed there until he or she
grants his or her certificate under section 10, or until three months have elapsed.
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