Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961)

12. Prohibition of solemnization of marriage without production of identity document or prescribed declaration

Purchase

No marriage officer shall solemnize any marriage unless —

(a)	each of the parties in question produces to the marriage officer his or her identity document issued under the provisions of the Identification Act, 1986 (Act No. 72 of 1986); or

(b)	each of such parties furnishes to the marriage officer the prescribed affidavit; or

(c)	one of such parties produces his or her identity document referred to in paragraph (a) to the marriage officer and the other furnishes to the marriage officer the affidavit referred to in paragraph (b).

[Section 12(a) substituted by Schedule II of Act 114 of 1991]