Section 13:
Certificate of marriage.
(1) When the marriage has been solemnized, the Marriage Officer
shall enter a certificate thereof in the form specified in the Fourth Schedule in a book to be kept by him
for that purpose and to be called the Marriage Certificate Book and such certificate shall be signed by the
parties to the marriage and the three witnesses.
(2) On a certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the
Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been
solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with.