Regulation 70 Signing the register

After entering the required particulars the registrar shall call upon the parties to the marriage to verify those particulars; and if it appears that any error has been made, the registrar shall thereupon in the presence of the parties make the necessary correction in the manner provided in regulation 72.

When the required particulars have been verified in accordance with paragraph (1) the registrar shall call upon the parties to sign the register in the spaces provided; and after the parties have signed the register the registrar shall call upon the witnesses to sign similarly.

The registrar shall then call upon the minister or other person, if any, or the superintendent registrar by or before whom the marriage was solemnized to sign the register in the space provided and to add his official designation or description.

The registrar shall then sign the register in the space provided and add his official description.