Section 20: Publication of proposed civil marriage

20. Publication of proposed civil marriage (1) Where an application is made to an officer for the publication of a proposed civil marriage, the officer shall— (a) require the applicant to produce— (i) the civil status documents which are necessary to ascertain whether the intending spouses may lawfully be married; (ii) the national identity card of each of the intending spouses; (b) inform the applicant that— (i) different matrimonial regimes are provided for under the Code Civil Mauricien and give the applicant a printed explanatory note to that effect; and (ii) the intending spouses should consider under which matrimonial regime they wish to be married; (iii) the intending spouses and any witness to the marriage shall produce their national identity cards at the time of the celebration of the marriage; continued on page C24 – 15 C24 – 14 (1) [Issue 8] Revised Laws of Mauritius (c) record in the column provided for marginal entries in the notice of the publication of the marriage that he has complied with paragraph (b). (2) No civil status document required under subsection (1) (a) shall be valid unless it has been issued within 3 months of the date of the application for publication of the marriage. (3) Where a person has been authorised to marry in accordance with Articles 145 to 147 or 154 of the Code Civil Mauricien, a copy of the order authorising the marriage shall be produced to the officer. (4) Where a copy of an order is filed under subsection (3), the officer making the publication of the marriage shall mention that fact in the margin of the notice. (5) Where any party cannot produce a civil status document required under subsection (1) (a), he may instead produce an affidavit in such form as the Registrar of Civil Status may approve. [S. 20 amended by Act 9 of 1984; Act 8 of 1997.]