Administration respecting marriage licences
15(1)Every marriage licence shall be under the hand of the Registrar and be dated on the day on which it is issued, and shall authorize the solemnization of the intended marriage at any time within three months after that date.
15(2)No irregularity in the issue of a marriage licence obtained and acted on in good faith invalidates a marriage solemnized under the licence.
15(3)Every licence under the hand of the Registrar issued for the purpose of the solemnization of a marriage is and remains valid despite that the Registrar has ceased to hold office before the time of the issue of the licence.
15(4)All unissued licences are the property of the Crown, and, whenever requested to do so by the Registrar, every issuer or any other person having unissued licences in his or her possession, power, custody or control shall transmit them to the Registrar without delay.
15(5)Every issuer shall keep a record of every marriage licence issued by him or her in the form and containing the information that may be required by the Registrar.
15(6)The record is the property of the Crown, and, whenever requested to do so by the Registrar, the issuer or any person having the record in his or her possession, power, custody or control shall transmit the record to the Registrar without delay.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.14; 1979, c.39, s.6; 1983, c.50, s.6; 1991, c.9, s.2; 1992, c.54, s.1, s.2; 1995, c.10, s.7; 2000, c.25, s.2