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 of both or either of them, stating that they were married on a certain date. A statement signed by the married persons alleging that the register in question has been lost, or that for a sufficient reason they are unable to obtain a copy of their marriage record, shall be deemed sufficient ground for making a new entry of the marriage, and for the issuance of a copy of the record thereof.

46. The notification of divorce, besides being entered in the Register of Divorces, shall also be entered in the Register of Marriages in the column "Special Remarks", on that page thereof wherein the entry of the marriage had been made.

47. An entry of a divorce judicially decreed shall be made immediately on receipt of the decree and shall recite the title of the Court, the number of the order, and the date on which the said decree was made.

48. If the petition for the dissolution of marriage in the form prescribed in Section 91 hereafter is delivered directly to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, the proper official shall, prior to the entry of the divorce in the register, ascertain whether the petition for the dissolution of the marriage was made by both parties thereto.

49. Immediately on receipt of the notification made in accordance with Section 140 following, the names of the parents of the children conceived, but yet unborn, shall be entered in the register kept for that purpose.

50. Changes of names or surnames shall be recorded in the register kept for that purpose on