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MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 74 Declaration to be made before authorised celebrant

MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 74

Declaration to be made before authorised celebrant

  (1)   A marriage shall not be solemnise d under this Part unless each of the parties to the marriage has made and subscribed before the authorised celebrant solemnising the marriage a declaration as to:

  (a)   the party's conjugal status;

  (b)   the party's belief that there is no legal impediment to the marriage; and

  (c)   such other matters as are prescribed.

  (2)   The declarations of the parties required by subsection   ( 1) shall both be written on the one paper and on the same side of that paper.

  (3)   An authorised celebrant shall not solemnise a marriage under this Part   i f he or she has reason to believe that a declaration made and subscribed under this section in relation to the marriage contains a false statement or an error or is defective.