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52. Only civil marriage registered with the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall create the rights and duties of husband and wife as provided in the present title. A marriage contracted by a religious present title. A marriage contracted by a ceremony performed by a clergyman shall create no rights or duties for the parties to such marriage unless the same shall be registered according to law.

53. Marriages shall be registered at the local Bureau of Vital Statistics, or where there are no such bureaus, in the notarial divisions of local Soviets.

Note I. The contracting of marriages abroad shall be made before the foreign