Section 37Part 0 —
As to marriage in articulo mortis
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It shall be lawful for a Marriage Officer to solemnise a marriage without any certificate of notice or banns in the following special case, that is to say, where the marriage is between two persons one of whom is in articulo mortis.
No such marriage shall be solemnised unless both parties are able to signify their consent thereto in the presence of two witnesses.
No such marriage shall be solemnised where either of the parties is under eighteen years of age not being a widower or widow, unless the person whose consent is required is present and gives his or her consent verbally.
A marriage so solemnised shall be specially registered.
The register shall contain the particulars and be in the form indicated in Schedule M.
No marriage solemnised under this section shall be valid unless the foregoing conditions are observed.
Defined Terms
in articulo mortis