Malaysia legislation
Section 22
Section 22
(a)
in the office of a Registrar with open doors within the hours of six in the morning and seven in the evening;
(b)
in such place other than in the office of a Registrar at such time as may be authorized by a valid licence issued under subsection 21(3); or
(c)
in a church or temple or at any place of marriage in accordance with section 24 at any such time as may be permitted by the religion, custom or usage which the parties to the marriage or either of them profess or practise.
(2)
A valid marriage may be solemnized under paragraph (1)(a)
or (b) by a Registrar if a certificate for the marriage issued by the
Registrar or Registrars concerned or a licence authorizing the marriage is delivered to him.
(3)
A valid marriage may be solemnized under paragraph (1)(c) by an Assistant Registrar if he is satisfied by statutory declaration that—
(a)
either—
(i)
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
(ii)
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 section 12;
(b)
there is no lawful impediment to the marriage;
(c)
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
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(d)
in so far as the intended marriage is a Christian marriage and is to be solemnized in accordance with the rites, ceremonies or usages of a Christian religious denomination, the provisions of the canons of such religious denomination relating to the publication of banns or the giving notice of the intended marriage have been complied with or lawfully dispensed with in accordance with such canons.
(4)
Every marriage purported to be solemnized in Malaysia shall be void unless a certificate for marriage or a licence has been issued by the Registrar or Chief Minister or a statutory declaration under subsection (3) has been delivered to the Registrar or Assistant
Registrar, as the case may be.
(5)
Every marriage shall be solemnized in the presence of at least two credible witnesses besides the Registrar.
(6)
No marriage shall be solemnized unless the Registrar is satisfied that both the parties to the marriage freely consent to the marriage.
Solemnization of a civil marriage performed in office of a
Registrar or elsewhere