Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 60. Prohibited degrees of relationship A person shall not be a party to a marriage where the parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship, whether natural, legal, or by clan as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act. Preliminaries of Customary Marriage 61. Preliminaries to a customary marriage The procedures preceding the solemnization of customary marriage shall be in accordance with the customs and rites observed among the ethnic group of one or both parties to the intended marriage. Solemnization of Customary Marriage 62. Place of solemnization Subject to the provisions of this Act, a customary marriage may be solemnized in any part of Uganda. 63. Notice of intention to marry (1) A person intending to marry under this Part shall, in addition to the customs, rites and practices referred to in section 61, give notice of intention to marry in writing to a Sub-county Chief. (2) The Sub-county Chief, shall cause the notice to be entered in the relevant Marriage Notice Book and shall, in addition to any other requirement, state that the parties have complied with the customary requirements not being inconsistent with any written law. 64. Solemnization of customary marriages Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, a marriage under this Part shall be solemnized in accordance with the customs and rites observed among the ethnic group of one or both parties to the intended marriage. 31