Solemnization of marriage by clerk
13(1)A clerk of the Court may solemnize a marriage for which a marriage licence has been issued.
13(2)The contracting parties shall pay the fee prescribed by regulation for the solemnization of their marriage by a clerk of the Court.
13(3)If the parties to a marriage solemnized by a clerk of the Court desire a religious ceremony as well, a statement of marriage, referred to in section 26, provided by the clerk certifying that he or she has solemnized the marriage shall be sufficient authorization to a cleric to perform a religious ceremony.
13(4)A clerk of the Court who solemnizes a marriage shall prepare and transmit a registration of marriage form required under the
Vital Statistics Act, but a cleric who performs a religious ceremony after the marriage has been solemnized by a clerk of the Court is not required to prepare and transmit that form in respect of the marriage.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.12; 1979, c.39, s.5; 1980, c.32, s.18; 1983, c.50, s.5; 1985, c.33, s.3; 1986, c.52, s.10; 1995, c.10, s.6; 2011, c.8 (Supp.), s.2; 2013, c.25, s.15