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PUBLIC LAW 93-465-OCT. 24, 1974
[88 STAT.
consent of parents or a parent or guardian or the health director accompanying the same. " (g) A marriage license is valid for only thirty days, including the date it is issued.". SEC. 2. Section 5 of title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 673), is amended to read as follows: "§ 5. Who may celebrate a marriage; license to celebrate " (a) xi marriage may be celebrated in the Canal Zone only by a— " (1) magistrate of the Canal Zone; "(2) minister in good standing in any religious society or denomination who resides in the Canal Zone; or "(3) minister in good standing in any religious society or denomination who resides in the Republic of Panama, if he has procured from the Governor, or his designee, a license authorizing the minister to celebrate marriages in the Canal Zone. "(b) The Governor, or his designee, shall issue the license provided for by paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this section upon the submission, by a minister referred to therein, of a written application, together with a duly authenticated copy of his authority to celebrate marriages in the Republic of Panama. The Gt)vernor, or his designee, shall be paid a fee of $5 for issuing and recording the license.". SEC. 3. Section 6 of title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 673), is amended to read as follows: "§6, Certifying, signing, return, and recording of license; marriage certificate " (a) The judicial officer or minister celebrating a marriage shall— "(1) certify upon the marriage license that he celebrated the marriage, giving his official title and the time when and place where the marriage was celebrated; '•(2) cause two persons who witnessed the marriage to sign their names on the marriage license as witnesses, each giving his place of residence; '• (3) at the time of the marriage, fill out and sign the marriage certificate accompanying the license and deliver it to one of the parties to the marriage; and " (4) within thirty days after the date of the marriage, return the license, so certified and witnessed, to the office of the Governor, or his designee. " (b) Upon return of a license as required by subsection (a) of this section, the Governor, or his designee, shall file it after making registry thereof in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose only. The registry must contain the Christian and surnames of the parties, the time of their marriage, and the name and title of the person who celebrated the marriage.". SEC. 4. Section 8 of title 8, Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 673), is amended to read as follows:
- § 8. Acknowledgment and recording of declaration
"Declarations of marriage shall be acknowledged and recorded in the office of the Governor, or his designee.". SEC. 5. Section 11 of title 8. Canal Zone Code (76A Stat. 674), is amended to read as follows:
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