Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00130:clause:9_63
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00130
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 9 cl 63
Character Range: 68944–69991

63   Register of Overseas Marriages
 (1) The Registrar must keep a register, to be called the Register of Overseas Marriages, in the form the Minister directs.
 (2) The Register of Overseas Marriages that was kept under section 8 of the Marriage (Overseas) Act 1955 is taken to form part of the Register kept under this section.
 (3) The Registrar must register in the Register all marriages required to be registered by this Part.
 (4) The Registrar may register in the Register:
 (a) a marriage solemnized under the Marriage (Overseas) Act 1955 that has not been registered under that Act; or
 (b) a marriage (except a marriage that has been registered under the Marriage (Overseas) Act 1955) that was solemnized before the commencement of this Act and in respect of which a certificate has been forwarded:
 (i) under section 25 of the Marriage (Overseas) Act 1955; or
 (ii) under section 84 of this Act.
 (5) The Registrar must keep an index of the entries in the Register.
Note: For errors or mis‑statements in the Register, see section 114.