Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 “Registrar General” means the Registrar General as defined by the Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act; “separate property” means the property which a spouse has acquired individually either before or during the marriage; “spouse” means a husband or a wife in a marriage; “widow inheritance” means a custom by which a relative of a deceased husband inherits the widow of the deceased husband as his wife; “year of waiting” means the period of one full year from the date of official separation of a couple to the date of divorce in a Bahai marriage. PART II—GENERAL Registrars 4. Marriage Districts The Minister shall, by statutory instrument, divide Uganda into marriage districts for the purposes of this Act and may, by that instrument, alter, amalgamate or sub-divide the districts as he or she may deem fit. 5. Appointment of District Registrars and Deputy District Registrars Subject to the provisions of any law regulating the appointment of public officers, the Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be a registrar for each district to be known as the District Registrar; and the person appointed shall in addition, be the registrar of all marriages in the district and such other matters as may be prescribed by law. 6. Registrars of marriage (1) A celebrant of a licenced place of public worship shall be the registrar of marriages in respect of the marriages solemnized in that place of worship. 13