Section 31 | Marriage Under Certificate Without Licence | Marriage Act 1949 C76

31 Marriage under certificate without licence

Marriage Act 1949 (1949 c 76) | Legislation

31 Marriage under certificate without licence

[(1) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule, the superintendent registrar to whom notice of marriage is given must display in some conspicuous place in their office, for 28 successive days beginning with the day after the day on which the notice was recorded in the marriage register—

(a) the notice of marriage,

(b) the particulars given in the notice, in an approved electronic form, or

(c) an exact copy, signed by the superintendent registrar, of the particulars given in the notice, as entered in the marriage register.

(2) The superintendent registrar for the registration district in which a marriage is to be solemnized must, once satisfied that any of the conditions in subsection (3) is met, issue a document to be known as a “marriage schedule” in any form, and with any content, that may be prescribed, unless—

(a) the superintendent registrar is not satisfied that there is no lawful impediment to the issue of the marriage schedule, . . .

(b) . . ..

(3) The conditions are that—

(a) the waiting period in relation to each notice of marriage has expired;

(b) where one party to