Each party to a marriage must provide notice of the intended marriage to the registrar for the district where the marriage is to take place. This notice must be in a prescribed form and accompanied by the required fees and other necessary documents. It may also be prescribed that the marriage notice must be given […]
The Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 modernizes and simplifies laws on civil registration. The basic framework for the registration of births and deaths is allowed in the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, updated Victorian statutes on the subject. The legislation enables a birth occurring in Northern […]
The death of every person shall be registered by the registrar for the district in which he died or in which he was ordinarily resident before death. Where a body of a dead person is found and there is not available any information as to the place of death, death may be registered in the […]
The birth of every child is to be registered by the registrar for the district in which the child is born or in which the mother of the child is ordinarily resident at the time of birth. An entry is to be made in the register of such particulars concerning the birth as may be […]
A civil marriage may be solemnized only in a registration office or in an approved place. A local registration authority may approve places where civil marriages may be solemnized in their district. The Department may make regulations in connection with the approval of places. They may specify the kinds of places that may be approved; […]
As in most other jurisdictions, a breach of an agreement for marriage is no longer the basis of a civil claim in itself. Since 1984. However, other loss or damage resulting directly from the engagement, such as wasted expenditure, may be the subject of a civil claim. Marriage comprises the voluntary union of one man […]