Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill Preliminaries of a Christian marriage 2009 41. Publication of banns in Christian marriage (1) Parties to a Christian marriage shall fill in and sign the prescribed form before the celebrant of a licensed place of worship where the banns are to be published, to the effect that they are not in contravention of the essential requirements to a marriage. (2) The banns referred to in subsection (1) shall be published— (a) where the persons to be married reside in the same marriage district, in the licensed place of worship of that marriage district; or (b) where the persons to be married reside in different marriage districts, in the marriage district where the two parties intend to celebrate the marriage. (3) The banns shall be published once every seven days for a period of twenty one days, on days of worship. (4) Where banns are published in one marriage district and the Christian marriage is to be solemnized in another marriage district, a celebrant shall not solemnize the marriage unless he or she has received a certificate from the marriage district where the banns were published, that the banns were duly published in that marriage district. 42. Marriage to take place within three months after publication of banns (1) A Christian marriage under this Act may be contracted or solemnized at any time within three months after publication of the banns, except that a marriage under this Act may take place after the prescribed three months where the celebrant is satisfied with the reasons for the delay, and upon payment by the parties of the prescribed fee. 25