# Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970, Section 7: Issue of licence by Registrar General.


Where the marriage is intended to be solemnised on the authority of the Registrar General and he is satisfied that sufficient grounds exist why a licence should be granted he shall issue a licence in the prescribed form unless—
(a) any lawful impediment to the issue of the licence has been shown to his satisfaction to exist; ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/34/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-registrar-generals-licence-act-1970/section-7
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