Section 17Part 0 —
Preliminaries to marriage on Civil Registrar’s certificate
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In every case of persons residing in the Islands intending that a marriage shall be solemnised between them under the authority of a Civil Registrar’s certificate, each of such persons shall on or about the same date give notice of the intended marriage to the Civil Registrar of the district in which he or she has resided for a period of not less than fifteen clear days before the giving of such notice, in the form as nearly as may be set forth in Schedule A:
Provided that when both of such persons reside within the same district a single notice shall suffice:
And provided also that where one of the persons intending marriage is not residing in the Islands a single notice by the other person shall suffice.
On the receipt of a notice of an intended marriage, the Civil Registrar, being satisfied that the notice is conformable to the requirements of this Law, shall forthwith enter the particulars set forth in the notice in a book to be called the Marriage Notice Book, and shall on the same day put up in a conspicuous and accessible place on the door or outer wall of his office, a public notice of the intended marriage in the form as nearly as may be set forth in Schedule B, and shall keep the same so put up for seven consecutive days thereafter.
The Marriage Notice Book shall be open at all reasonable times to any person desiring to inspect it.
The Civil Registrar having complied with the requirements of this Law shall, on the expiration of seven clear days after the receipt of the notice of an intended marriage, in the event of no objection to the marriage being in force as hereinafter mentioned, grant upon request to the person who gave the notice, or to any person authorised by the person who gave the notice, a certificate of the due publication thereof, in this Law referred to as the Civil Registrar’s certificate, as nearly as may be in one of the forms set forth in Schedule C, and shall therein set forth whether any objection has been offered to such intended marriage.
Defined Terms
Civil Registrar’s certificate