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(1)The marriage officer shall be entitled, for every marriage solemnized under this Act by him or in his presence, to have from the parties married the proper fee.
(2)He shall forthwith register in duplicate every such marriage in two marriage register books, which shall be furnished to him from time to time for that purpose by the Registrar-General (through a Secretary of State), according to the form provided by law for the registration of marriages in England, or as near to that form as the difference of the circumstances admits.
(3)The entry in each book of every such marriage shall be signed by the marriage officer, by the person solemnizing, the marriage, if other than the marriage officer, by both the parties married, and by two witnesses of the marriage.
(4)All such entries shall be made in regular order from the beginning to the end' of each book, and the number of the entry in each duplicate shall be the same.
(5)The marriage officer by whom or in whose presence a marriage is solemnized under this Act may ask of the parties to be married the several particulars required to be registered touching the marriage.
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