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181 PDFTitle:MARRIAGE ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 10 of 2006
Section:6Heading:Giving of notice of intended marriageVersion Date:13/03/2006

(1) Whenever any persons desire to marry, one of the proposed parties to the intended marriage shall give a notice of intended marriage to the Registrar in Form 1 in Schedule 1 either directly or through a civil celebrant. (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 3; 23 of 2005 ss. 6 & 35)
(2) Every notice of intended marriage shall be signed by the party giving the notice. (Amended 23 of 2005 s. 35)
(3) A notice of intended marriage given through a civil celebrant shall-

        (a) be accompanied by the prescribed fee for filing and exhibition of the notice; and
        (b) subject to section 6A(c), be given within the period of 3 months preceding the proposed date of marriage. (Added 23 of 2005 s. 6)
(4) A notice of intended marriage shall not be invalidated by any change in any information contained in it, but the Registrar may require the parties to make an appropriate amendment to it. (Added 23 of 2005 s. 35)