19 Marriage ceremony and registration of marriage
Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (1977 c 15) | Legislation

19  Marriage ceremony and registration of marriage

(1)     An authorised registrar shall not solemnise a marriage within 14 days of the date of receipt (as entered in the marriage notice book) of a marriage notice in respect of that marriage, unless—

(a)     he has received a written request from one or both of the parties to solemnise the marriage on a specified earlier date stating the reason for the request, and

(b)     he has been authorised to solemnise the marriage on that earlier date by the Registrar General.

[(1ZA)     Unless subsection (1ZB) applies, if a proposed marriage

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