Amendment of Part 4 of the 1949 Act (registration of marriages)
37. For section 64 of the 1949 Act (searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars)(1), substitute—
“64 Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars
(1) Every superintendent registrar must—
(a)cause indexes of all entries in the marriage register made under section 53D(10)(a) in respect of their registration district to be made and kept in their office, and
(b)keep in their office indexes of the marriage register books kept in their office.
(2) A person is entitled—
(a)to search the indexes of the entries in the marriage register and the indexes of the marriage register books kept at the office of a superintendent registrar at all reasonable hours, and
(b)to obtain a certified copy under the hand of the superintendent registrar of an entry made in the marriage register under section 53D(10)(a) or of an entry made in a marriage register book.”.
Section 64 was amended by paragraph 14(a) of Schedule 1 to the Registration Service Act 1953 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.