Publication of banns

(1) Any minister of the Christian religion, ordained or otherwise set apart to the ministry thereof, according to the usage of the communion to which he belongs, if appointed as a marriage officer under this Act, may himself, or by someone officiating under his control, publish banns of matrimony between persons wishing to be joined together in holy matrimony. (2) The publication shall be made in an audible manner some time during public divine service on a Sunday, in the face 19 of the congregation before whom, and in the registered building in which, the minister officiates, in the marriage district in which dwell both of the parties to be married. (3) The publication shall contain the Christian and other name and surname and place of abode of each of the parties and made on three Sundays within a period not exceeding three months preceding the solemnisation of the marriage. (4) If the parties to be married dwell in different marriage districts, the banns shall be published in like manner in each (5) If one or both of the parties dwell in any place not within any marriage district, then the banns of the party or parties to be married who dwell there shall be published in manner aforesaid in some marriage district next adjoining thereto.