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Notice of marriage to be accompanied by a solemn declaration by one of the parties in form in sched. (B.)
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4. Any party intending marriage under the provisions of this Act shall, at the time of giving the registrar the notice required by this Act, make and sign or subscribe a solemn declaration in writing (according to the form set forth in schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, that he or she believes that there is no impediment of kindred or alliance or other lawful hindrance to the said marriage, and that the parties to the said marriage have for the space of one month immediately preceding the giving of such notice usually attended divine worship in the church, chapel, or meeting-house named in such notice, and that the parties to the said marriage, in case the marriage is intended to be had without licence, have for the space of seven days immediately preceding the giving of such notice had their usual place of abode and residence within the district of the registrar or respective registrars to whom such notice or notices, as the case may be, shall be so given; or, in case such marriage is intended to be had by licence, that one of the parties had for the space of fifteen days immediately preceding the giving of such notice had his or her usual place of abode and residence within the district of the registrar to whom such notice shall be so given; and when either of the parties intending marriage, and not being a widower or widow, shall be under the age of twenty-one years, the party making such declaration shall further declare that the consent of the person or persons whose consent to such marriage is by law required has been given, or (as the case may be) that there is no person whose consent to such marriage is by law required; and every declaration so made as aforesaid shall be signed and subscribed by the party making the same, in the presence of the registrar to whom the notice of the marriage is given, who shall attest the same by adding thereto his name, description, and place of abode; and no certificate or licence for marriage shall be issued or granted pursuant to any such notice as aforesaid unless the said notice be accompanied by such solemn declaration duly made and signed or subscribed and attested as aforesaid; and the registrar shall file such declaration, and keep the same with the records of his office.
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