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Marriage Act 1983
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5Solemnization of marriage pursuant to Registrar General's licence
(1)A marriage to be solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General's licence shall be solemnized, at the wish of the persons to be married—
(a)according to such religious form or ceremony as the persons to be married see fit to adopt; or
(b)by a ceremony performed by the registrar of the district in which it is solemnized.
(2)A marriage to be solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General's licence shall be solemnized in the presence of—
(a)subject to subsection (4) below, the registrar of the district in which it is solemnized ; and
(b)two witnesses in addition to the person solemnizing the marriage.
(3)Where a marriage is to be solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General's licence the persons to be married shall, subject to subsection (5) below, in some part of the ceremony in the presence of the witnesses and of the registrar of the district in which it is solemnized, make the declaration and say to each other the words set out in section 29 of the Marriages Act.
(4)Subsection (2)(a) does not apply to a marriage which is solemnized according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.
(5)Subsection (3) does not apply to a marriage solemnized—
(a)according to the rites of the Church of Ireland or the Roman Catholic Church ; or
(b)by the ceremony used by Presbyterians in Northern Ireland; or
(c)by the ceremony of any church, denomination or body of Protestant Christians who use a building registered under section 12 of the [1863 c. 27.] Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1863.
(6)A marriage on the authority of the Registrar General's licence may be solemnized at any time between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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