Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill REPUBLIC OF UGANDA 2009 s. 80(1) Form I Special Licence The Marriage and Divorce Act, 2009 Whereas ______________________________________________ (name) and __________________________________________________ (name), professing themselves to be already married to each other by customary law, desire to convert that marriage into a marriage by which they shall be legally bound to each other as man and wife so long as both shall live and whereas sufficient cause has been shown to me why the preliminaries required by the Marriage Act should be dispensed with: Now, therefore, in pursuance of that Act, I dispense with the giving of notice and the issue of the certificate prescribed, and authorize the registrar of marriages for the __________________________ district to perform the ceremony by which, under the Marriage Act, the marriage by customary law shall be converted into a marriage by which the parties shall be legally bound to each other as man and wife so long as both shall live. The ceremony may be performed by the registrar of marriages between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon. Given under my hand this ______ day of _______________, 20 ____. _______________________________ Minister 82