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PUBLIC LAW 93-465-OCT. 24, 1974

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Public Law 93-465 AN ACT

October 24, 1974

To amend the Canal Zone Code to transfer the functions of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone with resiJect to the issuance and recording of marriage licenses, and related activities, to the civil affairs director of the Canal Zone Government, and for other purposes.

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Be it eiuxcted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Canal Zone United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of Government. title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. (572), is amended to read as "^wiarrTage'Vicenses, issuance f ollows: and recording. "§4. Marriage license; application; waiting period; medical certificate or court order; fee; record; period of validity " (a) A nuiiriage may not be celebrated in the Canal Zone unless a license to marry has first been secured from the Governor, or his designee. 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 be issued in the Canal Zone unless the parties have previously obtained ja 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 approval by the health director of the Canal Zone Government. A license 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, legal residence, age, and date of birth 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 Governor, or his designee, 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 when required by section 2 of this title; and " (2) it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor,^r his designee, from the sworn statements of the persons desiring to marry, or, if required by the Governor, or his designee, from the sworn statement of another person, that ho legal impediment to the marriage is known to exist. " (d) The Governor, or his designee, 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 Governor, or his designee, shall collect a fee of $2 upon the F e e. issuance of a marriage license, and shall keep a record of all licenses ^^<=°'^dkeeping. issued and of all applications for licenses, together with any written

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