(5) Each marriage officer must keep a record of all civil unions conducted by him or her.
(6) The marriage officer must transmit the civil union register and records concerned to the official in the public service with the delegated responsibility for the population register in the area in question.
(7) Upon receipt of the said register the official referred to in subsection (6) must cause the particulars of the civil union concerned to be included in the population register in accordance with the provisions of section 8(e) of the Identification Act.
Legal consequences of civil union
13. (1) The legal consequences of a marriage contemplated in the Marriage Act apply, with such changes as may be required by the context, to a civil union.
(2) With the exception of the Marriage Act and the Customary Marriages Act, any reference to―
Offences and penalties
14. (1) Any marriage officer who purports to solemnise a civil union which he or she is not authorised under this Act to solemnise or which to his or her knowledge is legally prohibited, and any person not being a marriage officer who purports to solemnise a civil union, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.
(2) Any marriage officer who demands or receives any fee, gift or reward for or by reason of anything done by him or her as marriage officer in terms of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.
(3) Any marriage officer who knowingly solemnises a civil union in contravention of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.
(4) Any person who, for the purposes of this Act, makes any false representation or false statement knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to the penalties prescribed by law for perjury.
Regulations
15. (1) The Minister may make regulations relating to―
(2) Such regulations may prescribe penalties for a contravention thereof, of―