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Marriage and Registration Act 1856

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VIIn case of Marriage by Licence, Notice to be given to the Superintendent Registrar of One District shall be sufficient.

In any Case of Marriage intended to be solemnized by Licence) under the Provisions of either of the said Two firstly recited Acts or of this Act, between Parties both of whom do not dwell in the same Superintendent Registrar's District, it shall not be required that Notice of such intended Marriage shall be given to more than One Superintendent Registrar, but a Notice to the Superintendent Registrar of the District in which one of the Parties so intending Marriage resides shall be sufficient; and it shall not be required that the said Notice shall state how long each of the said Parties has resided in his or her Dwelling Place, but only how long the Party residing in the District in which the Notice is given has so resided.

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