Registered Marriage
Declaration by Parties and Witnesses
Before the marriage is solemnized the parties and three witnesses shall sign a declaration in the form give below, and the declaration shall be counter signed by the Marriage Officer.
DECLARATION MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM
I, _________hereby declare as follows;
I am at the present unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be)
I have completed _______ years of age.
I am not related to ________(the bride) within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.
SIGNED__________
(BRIDEGROOM)
Declaration Made by the Bride
I, _________hereby declare as follows;
5. I am at the present unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be)
6. I have completed_______years of age.
7. I am not related to _______ _( the bridegroom) within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
8. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.
SIGNED__________
(BRIDE) <
Signed in our presence by the abovenamd ________ and _________ _ . So far as we are aware there is no lawful impediment to the marriage.
WITNESSES
SIGNED____
SIGNED____
SIGNED____
COUNTERSIGNED
MARRIAGE OFFICER
Dated :_ __day of ________200
Place and Form of Solemnization
The marriage maybe solemnized at the office of the Marriage Officer, or at such place within reasonable distance, as the parties may desire, upon payment of such additional fees as may be prescribed.
The marriage may be solemnized in a form, which the parties may choose to adopt.
However, No marriage is complete and binding unless each party says to the other in the presence of the Marriage Officer and the three witnesses in any language understood by the parties, I_______take thee________to be my lawful wife (or husband)