Registration of persons entitled to solemnize marriage
4(1)On application to the Registrar on the form provided by the Registrar, the Registrar may register an applicant as a person who is authorized to solemnize marriage in the Province, and the application may be made by the applicant or on the applicant’s behalf by the ecclesiastical authority or governing body of the church or religious denomination to which the applicant belongs.
4(2)The Registrar shall not register an applicant under subsection (1) unless the application is supported in writing by a church or religious denomination that is recognized under this Act.
4(3)The Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration to any person registered under subsection (1) and, when a request is made on reasonable grounds, may issue one or more additional certificates to that person.
R.S.1973, c.M-3, s.4; 1983, c.50, s.3; 1985, c.33, s.1; 1986, c.52, s.3; 1995, c.10, s.1; 2000, c.13, s.2