Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 76A.djvu/768

–672– -672(c) The written consent required by subsection (b) of this section shall be sworn to and acknowledged before a person authorized to administer oaths, and shall state: (1) the name and age of the minor; (2) the name of the person whom the minor wishes to marry; and (3) if the consent is executed by only one parent as provided by paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) of this section, the applicable circumstances referred to in those paragraphs. § 3. Proof of consent and solemnization Consent to marriage and solemnization thereof may be proved mider the same general rules of evidence as facts are proved in other cases. § 4. Marriage license; application; waiting period; medical certificate or court order; fee; record; period of validity (a) A marriage may not be celebrated in the Canal Zone unless a license to marry has first been secured from the office of the clerk of the district court in either division. If both parties to a proposed marriage are residents of the Republic of Panama and neither is a United States citizen, a license may not issue in the Canal Zone unless the parties have previously obtained a license to marry from the proper authorities in the Republic of Panama. A marriage license may not be issued to a leper except upon a certificate of ap)roval by the health director of the Canal Zone Government. A icense when issued shall be accompanied by a marriage certificate to be executed by the person celebrating the marriage. (b) The application for a marriage license shall state: (1) the name, address, age, color, and race of each of the persons to be married; (2) the relationship, if any, of the persons, by consanguinity or affinity; and (3) if either person has been previously married, the date and place of each previous marriage, the name of each former spouse, and the manner in which each previous marriage has been terminated. (c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, the clerk shall issue a marriage license, after application therefor, if: (1) the application for the license is in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and is accompanied by the written consent wlien required by section 2 of this title; and (2) it appears to the clerk's satisfaction, from the sworn statements of the persons desiring to marry, or, if required by the clerk, from the sworn statement of another person, that no legal impediment to the marriage is known to exist. (d) The clerk may not issue a marriage license until: (1) the application therefor remains on file, open to the public, in his office, for three days before license is issued; and (2) each of the persons desiring to be married has presented and filed with him either a medical certificate indicating that the examination required by subchapter II of this chapter has been made, or an order from the district court, as provided by that subchapter, directing him to issue the license. (e) The Governor shall prescribe the form of the application for a marriage license, of the marriage license, and of the marriage certificate. (f) The clerk shall collect a fee of $2 upon the issuance of a marriage license, and shall keep a record of all licenses issued and of all applications for licenses, together with any written consent of parents or a parent or guardian or the health director accompanying the same.

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