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REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES ACT (CHAPTER 124) REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES RULES

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES ACT

(CHAPTER 124)

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES RULES

S 45/62

REVISED EDITION 2002

(15th July 2002)

CAP. 124, R 1]

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES RULES

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES

[Subsidiary]

Rule

1. Citation.

2. Interpretation.

3. Returns to Registrar General.

4. Custody of registers etc.

5. Numbering of applications and of documents and entries relatedthereto.

6. Certified copies.

7. Indexes.

8. Correction of errors.

9. Refusal to register.

10. Signature.

11. Fees.

FIRST SCHEDULE — CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY IN A REGISTER

SECOND SCHEDULE — FEES

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CAP. 124, R 1]

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Rules under section 17

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES RULES

[Subsidiary]

Commencement: 1st January 1962

Citation.

1. These Rules may be cited as the Registration of MarriagesRules.

Interpretation.

2. In these Rules, “Act” means the Registration ofMarriages Act.

Returns to Registrar General.

3. Every Registrar shall send to the Registrar General of Marriageswithin the first week of January, April, July and October in each year thecertified copies required so to be sent by section 7 and by subsection (1) ofsection 13 of the Act of the entries in the register in his custody of allmarriages registered and, of all corrections of any errors in the particulars ofany marriages registered therein made during the 3 months immediately precedingthe 1st of January, the 1st of April, the 1st of July, and the 1st of Octoberrespectively and if no marriages have been registered or if no such correctionshave been made the Registrar shall so inform the said Registrar General.

Custody of Registers etc.

4. Every Registrar shall keep every register, every Registrar’s Note-Book and all Declarations and any other documentsfiled by him in connection with the registration of any marriage in a safe orother fire-proof receptacle.

Numbering of applications and of documents and entries relatedthereto.

5. Every application for the registration of a marriage shall be givena serial number in a yearly sequence by the Registrar in the Registrar’sNote-Book, and the Declaration and any other document filed by him in connectionwith the registration of the said marriage and the relevant entry, if any, inthe register and every certified copy of the said entry in respect of the saidmarriage shall be endorsed with the said serial number.

Certified copies.

6. (1) Every certified copy must contain every detail as shown in theregister, including any errors, deletions or amendments, and shall not becertified by a Registrar unless he is personally satisfied that it is an exactcopy of the original entry in the register.

[Subsidiary]

[CAP. 124, R 1

(2) Certified copies of entries in a register shall be in the form in theFirst Schedule hereto and books of printed certified copy forms seriallynumbered shall be issued by the Registrar General of Marriages. No certifiedcopy of any entry in a register shall be issued except on the prescribed printedform.

Indexes.

7. (1) The Registrar General of Marriages and every registrar shall cause an alphabetical index to be made of the certified copies ofentries in registers or of all the registers and Registrar’s Note-Books,as the case may be, in his custody or so many indexes as he thinks fit so thatthe search for any application or entry is facilitated.

(2) Indexes shall be available for search by the public, on payment of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, between thehours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on the usual office workingdays.

(3) Indexes shall not be available for search by the public on holidays.

(4) Postal request for searches may be made by the public and these shallonly be carried out after receipt of payment of the fee prescribed in the SecondSchedule hereto.

(5) If a certified copy of any entry is required by postal applicants thecorresponding fee for such certified copy shall accompany the fee for thesearch.

(6) Searches and certified copies required by any public officer in hiscapacity as such shall be carried out and issued without fee.

Correction of errors.

8. (1) No error discovered in any entry in a register in respect of amarriage registered in accordance with the provisions of the Act at any timesubsequent to the actual registration thereof shall be corrected in anycircumstances except in accordance with the provisions of this rule.

(2) Where on personal application or on application in writing it appears,or is represented, to the Registrar having the custody of a marriage registerthat an error has been made in any particular contained in any entry in suchregister he shall send a report thereon to the Registrar General of Marriagestogether with a copy of the said entry and any documentary evidence submitted tohim and shall comply with any instructions which the said Registrar General maygive for the purpose of verifying the facts and of ascertaining whether theparties or any witnesses are available. The said Registrar General shall advisethe Registrar of the nature of the correction and as to the manner of making thesame.

(3) If the correction relates to an erroneous particular contained in anentry a line in ink shall be drawn thereunder and the correct particular shallbe entered in the margin and the Registrar shall sign the same, and shall statethe date upon which he has so signed. If the error is one of omission in anentry the correction shall be made by indicating in the margin the nature of theomission, which shall be signed and dated as aforesaid.

CAP. 124, R 1]

Refusal to register.

[Subsidiary]

9. (1) A Registrar shall not register any marriage, the registrationof which has been refused by another Registrar, without consulting the RegistrarGeneral of Marriages.

(2) Where registration of a marriage has been refused the full facts of thecase, together with copies of the Declaration and of any statements, and anyrelevant document shall be sent to the said Registrar General.

Signature.

10. Any person who is required by a Registrar to sign shall, if unableto do so, imprint his right thumb impression in place of his signature.

Fees.

11. The fees to be paid in respect of the several matters provided forin the Act shall be those specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES ACT, CHAPTER 124

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY IN A REGISTER

(section 7, rule 6)

No. ......................

Register of marriages for......................................................................... inBrunei Darussalam

No. ......................... Entry No..................................................... Marriage contracted on the.................................................. at...........................

Register of marriages for ...............................

......................................................................... inBrunei Darussalam.

Entry No. ........................................................ Name ofhusband ............................................

.........................................................................Name of wife ..................................................

Husband Wife

Name in full.......................................................................... ...........................................................................................Age at date of marriage........................................................ ...........................................................................................Place of Birth........................................................................ ...........................................................................................Religion................................................................................ ...........................................................................................Marital status........................................................................ ...........................................................................................

.........................................................................

Father’s name in full

...........................................................................................

Date of registration ......................................... Date of issueof this Certified copy ................ This copy issued/not issued at the timeof registration.

Registrar

.............................................................

Contracted according to the rites, ceremonies or usages of.............................................................................................

in the presence of......................................................................................................................................................................Registered by me this ........................................... day of........................................... 20 ............, upon theapplication

of.............................................................................now residing at................................................................................and

..........................................................................now residing at..............................................................................................the parties married, supported by the evidence of....................................................................................................................

In accordance with the provisions of the Registration of Marriages Act, and of the rules made thereuder I certify that the above is a true and exactcopy of Entry No...................................................................... in theregister of marriages for ................................... in BruneiDarussalam.

Registrar of Marriages RegistrarGeneral of Marriages

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SECOND SCHEDULE

(rules 7(4) and 11)

FEES

[Subsidiary]

For registration of marriage..............................................................................For each certified copy of an entry in a register (other than the copies delivered under section 7 of the Act, which shall be delivered free ofcharge) issued at the time of registration..................................................... For each certified copy ofan entry in a register issued after registration ......... Personal search.................................................................................................

Postal application for search —

if search confined to a period of one year.................................................... if search extends between 2and 5 years ...................................................... if searchextends between 5 and 10 years.................................................... if search extends over 10years ....................................................................

(rule 8)

$15

$ 5

$10

$ 5

$ 5

$10

$15

$20

For the correction of errors of fact or substance $3for every word or figure corrected.