Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Registrar to issue certificate on proof of conditions by statutory declaration
The Registrar, at any time after the expiration of twenty-one days and before the expiration of three months from the date of the notice, upon payment of the prescribed fee, shall issue his certificate for marriage in the prescribed form:Provided always that he shall not issue such certificate until he has been satisfied by statutory declaration made by each of the parties to the proposed marriage —
that one of the parties has been resident within Singapore for at least fifteen days preceding the granting of the certificate; and
that —
each of the parties is twenty-one years of age or over, or, if not, is a widower or widow, as the case may be; or
if either party is a minor, that the consent of the appropriate person mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance has been given in writing, or has been dispensed with, or has been given by a court in accordance with section 12 of this Ordinance; and
that neither party is below the age of eighteen years; and
that there is not any impediment of kindred or affinity, or any other lawful hindrance to the marriage; and
that neither of the parties to the intended marriage is married under any law, religion, custom or usage to any person other than the person with whom such marriage is proposed to be contracted:And provided further that if any party taking a notice of marriage or a statutory declaration or making an application for a certificate to a Registrar does not understand the English language, the Registrar shall, before issuing his certificate, ascertain whether such person is cognizant of the purport and effect of the said notice, declaration or certificate and, if not, shall interpret or cause to be interpreted the notice, declaration or certificate to such person into some language which he understands.