Divorce Guide

Marriage act 1994

The marriage act 1994 was amended to make the civil marriages to be solemnized approved for the purpose by local authorities and so to provide registration of the marriage in a district in which neither of the party to the marriage resides. The topics dealt with are:

Solemnization of marriages on premises by local authorities

The marriage shall be solemnized on authority of superintendent registrar’s certificate. It involves approval of premises which are:

1. Kinds of premises in respects of which approvals may be granted.
2. Local authority’s means a county council or metropolitan district council, where the marriage may be certified.
3. Any regulation under the premises of local authority shall be made by statutory instrument, subject to pursuance of either of the house of parliament.

Solemnization of marriage on approved premises

1. It states that any marriage shall be solemnized in the presence of two witnesses and a superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the premises is situated.
2. No religious service shall be made to do at the marriage on approved premises.

Registration districts in which marriage is solemnized

1. The superintendent registrar can issue a credential for the marriage in that office or on approved premises not withstanding that the premises are not within the registration district in which either of the persons to be married resides.
2. The superintendent registrar should not normally to issue licenses in the marriage in registered buildings outside his own district.

Short title and commencement

1. In cases, when the secretary of state may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different purposes, then this act shall come into force.

The marriage act 1994 came as an amendment to 1949s marriage act, in which the marriages were registered by the registrar in the district of the particular superintendent. This act maintained the licensing and documenting procedure of the marriage of the couple easier, as they can marry wherever, even if they do not reside in that place.

The certification and proof by the witness helps the government to take care of the married couple and if they are involved in a future separation case, the history of the marriage can be taken into consideration. It also provides with the census of population and other facts which a local authority establishes at the time of marriage, namely an average age of the female and the male, the family background, employment, and capability of taking care of a family.

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