certificate for marriage issued by a registrar, or a certificate of proclamation of banns in
Scotland, or a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar in Northern Ireland or the
Republic of Ireland shall in Uganda have the same effect as a certificate for marriage
issued by a registrar under section 10.
2.
Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in England,
Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, as the case may be,
between a British subject resident therein and a British subject resident in
Uganda, a certificate for marriage may be issued by a registrar under section 10 in
the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnised or contracted in
circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate and as if both British
subjects were resident in Uganda.
3.
For the purposes of this section, “certificate for marriage” in reference to
certificates issued in Scotland shall mean a certificate of due publication of notice
of intention to marry.
Registry and evidence of marriages.
31. Marriage certificates to be registered.
1.
The registrar of marriages in each district shall forthwith register in a book to be
kept in his or her office for that purpose, and to be called “The Marriage Register
Book”, every certificate of marriage which shall be filed in his or her office,
according to Form F in the First Schedule to this Act; and every such entry shall
be made in the order of date from the beginning to the end of the book, and every
entry so made shall be dated on the day on which it is so entered, and shall be
signed by the registrar, and the book shall be indexed in such manner as is best
suited for easy reference to it.
2.
The registrar shall at all reasonable times allow searches to be made in the
Marriage Register Book, and shall give certified copies from it upon payment of
the prescribed fee.
3.
Within ten days after the last day of each month, every registrar shall send to the
Registrar General a certified copy of all entries he or she made during the
preceding month in the Marriage Register Book of his or her district, and the
Registrar General shall file the copy in his or her office.
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