Marriage Act, 1961/1964-02-28

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as amended by

Marriage Amendment Act, No. 11 of 1964

12. No marriage officer shall solemnize any marriage unless in respect thereof and in terms of the provisions of this Act or any prior law―

each of the parties in question has caused banns of marriage to be published in a congregation to which he or she belongs or where in the opinion of the minister of religion of the congregation in question or his duly authorized substitute he or she usually attends divine service; or

each of such parties has caused a notice of intention to marry to be published; or one of such parties has caused such banns to be so published and the other has caused such notice to be published; or a special marriage licence has been issued.

15. (1) Any minister of religion of a congregation where banns of marriage have been published or his duly authorized representative shall, on the application of any person and on payment to him of the prescribed fee (if any), issue to such person a certificate to the effect that the said banns were published.

(2) The said certificate shall state the full christian name and surname, marital status and residential address of each party in question as well as the dates on which or period during which publication of the banns was made, and may contain such further particulars as such minister of religion may think fit.