[53D Registration of marriage]
Marriage Act 1949 (1949 c 76) | Legislation

[53D  Registration of marriage]

[(1)     Subsection (2) applies in the case of a marriage that is solemnized—

(a)     after the publication of banns,

(b)     on the authority of a special licence, or

(c)     on the authority of a common licence.

(2)     Once the marriage document for the marriage is signed in accordance with section 53B, the clergyman who solemnized the marriage must ensure that the marriage document is delivered to a registrar in the registration district in which the marriage was solemnized within 21 days beginning with the day on which the signing of the marriage document was completed.

(3)     In the case of a marriage that is solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule—

(a)     where the marriage is attended by a registrar, that registrar must take custody of the marriage schedule once it is signed in accordance with section 53C;

(b)     otherwise, once the marriage schedule is signed in accordance with section 53C, the specified person must ensure

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