Marriage registration
27(1)Every person authorized to solemnize marriage in the Province shall, immediately after the person solemnizes a marriage, prepare a registration of marriage form provided by the Registrar General respecting the marriage, and the form shall be signed by
(a)
each of the parties of the marriage,
(b)
at least two credible witnesses to the marriage, and
(c)
the person by whom the marriage was solemnized.
27(2)The person by whom the marriage was solemnized shall, within the time prescribed by regulation, deliver or mail the completed registration of marriage form to the Registrar General.
27(2.1)No person by whom a marriage was solemnized shall deliver or mail a completed registration of marriage form under subsection (2) that he or she knows or ought to know contains false or misleading information.
27(3)Upon receipt within one year from the date of a marriage of a completed registration of marriage form respecting the marriage, the Registrar General, if he is satisfied as to the truth and sufficiency thereof, shall register the marriage.
1996, c.24, s.15; 2011, c.37, s.31; 2013, c.24, s.1