Civil marriages
Solemnisation of civil marriage19.
(1)
A person shall not solemnise a civil marriage unless—
(a)
he has available to him at the time of the ceremony the marriage schedule and the prescribed fee for the marriage has been paid;
(b)
both parties to the marriage are present; and
(c)
two persons professing to be 16 or over are present as witnesses.
(2)
A person shall not solemnise a civil marriage except in accordance with a form of ceremony which—
(a)
is of a secular nature; and
(b)
includes an appropriate declaration.
(3)
In paragraph (2)(b) an “appropriate declaration” means a declaration by the parties, in the presence of—
(a)
each other;
(b)
the person solemnising the marriage; and
(c)
two witnesses,
that they accept each other as husband and wife F1or as husband and husband or as wife and wife .