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(1) Notwithstanding section 4, the parties to any or custom. prescribed form for the registration of the marriage. 2) The Registrar may require the parties to the marriage o appear before him and to produce such evidence of the marriage, either oral or documentary, as he may require and to furnish such other particulars as may be required by (3) The Registrar may on being satisfied of the truth of the statements contained in the application register the marriage by entering the particulars thereof in the marriage register prescribed for this purpose. [Pt. IV-V, S. 33-371 LAW REFORM (MARRIAGB AND DIVORCB) (4) The entry of the marriage in the marriage register shall be signed by the Registrar making the entry and by both the parties to the marriage, if available, otherwise, by whichever party shall appear before the Registrar fo. effecting registration of the marriage. (5) Upon the registration of the marriage-a certified copy. Scelis A498 of the entry in the marriage register signed by the Registrar and sealed with his seal of office shall be delivered or sent to the husband and another copy to the wife and a third certited copy shall-be sent to the Registrar-General. (6) The Registrar shall not register a marriage under this section if he is satisfied that the marriage is void under this Act. 4. Nothing in this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be Lega onstrued to render valid or invalid any marriage which effect o otherwise 1s invalid or valid merely by reason of its navıng been or not having been registered