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53 Persons by whom marriages are to be registered.E+W
Subject to the provisions of Part V of this Act, a marriage shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act by the following person, that is to say,—
(a)in the case of a marriage solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England, by the clergyman by whom the marriage is solemnized;
(b)in the case of a marriage solemnized according to the usages of the Society of Friends, by the registering officer of that Society appointed for the district in which the marriage is solemnized;
(c)in the case of a marriage solemnized according to the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion, by the secretary of the synagogue of which the husband is a member;
(d)in the case of a marriage solemnized in a registered building [or at a person’s residence] in the presence of a registrar, by that registrar;
(e)in the case of a marriage solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, by the authorised person in whose presence the marriage is solemnized;
(f)in the case of a marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar, by the registrar in whose presence the marriage is solemnized.
[(g)in the case of a marriage solemnized on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act, by the registrar in whose presence the marriage is solemnized.]
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