Section 17A

This section applies to a person within the class of persons prescribed by the Minister as persons who must attend a marriage preparation programme.

A person to whom this section applies must not be issued with a marriage licence under section 17 or a special marriage licence under section 21 unless the person satisfies the Registrar or the Minister (as the case may be) that the person and the other party to the proposed marriage have attended and completed a marriage preparation programme.

In this section and section 21, “marriage preparation programme” means a marriage preparation programme which satisfies the description specified in the rules made under section 180.