Keeping of register of marriages

(1) Immediately after the solemnisation or performance of every marriage, an entry thereof shall be made in an Original 36 Marriage Register by the marriage officer or other person authorised to perform the same. (2) In every entry in every such register, it shall be expressed that the marriage was had by banns, or by licence of the Minister or magistrate’s or Registrar General’s certificate. (3) If both or either of the parties married by licence or certificate is an infant and not a widow or widower, it shall be stated that it was had with the consent of the parents or guardians, or other persons or person having lawful authority to withhold consent to the marriage, or after an order of a judge. (4) The entry shall be signed by the marriage officer, with his proper description, and by the parties married, and shall be attested by the two witnesses. (5) Every entry shall be in or to the effect of Form 7. (6) The marriage officer or the Registrar General shall, immediately after the marriage, deliver to one of the parties to the marriage a certified copy of the entry made in the Original (7) The bishop, chairman or head of the denomination to which a marriage officer belongs and every magistrate shall make arrangements for the custody of every Original Marriage Register which shall be kept when not in use in a safe container and available for all purposes of this Act.