Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 · Updated to 15 Dec 2018 · Part III · Marriage
16. Declaration to accompany notice
Feedback & supportEvery notice required to be given under section 14 shall be accompanied by a written declaration—
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that one or both the parties to the intended marriage has been resident in the marriage district for the period of seven days immediately preceding the giving of such notice;
either—
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 who has not been previously married and the female party not under the age of sixteen years, that the consent of the appropriate person mentioned in section 12 has been given in writing, or has been dispensed with, or has been given by a court in accordance with the provisions of section 12;
that there is no lawful impediment 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.
Every such declaration shall be in writing in the prescribed form and shall be made by the person giving such notice in the presence of the Registrar who shall attest the same; if such person does not understand Bahasa Malaysia, the Registrar shall ascertain whether such person is cognisant of the purport of the declaration and, if not shall translate or cause to be translated in his presence the declaration to such person into the language which he understands and shall certify on the declaration that such translation has been duly made or is not required as the case may be.
Registrar
“Registrar” means a Registrar of Marriages appointed under this Act and includes the Registrar General, an Assistant Registrar General, a Superintendent Registrar, a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar of Marriages;