Marriage Act 1961 Section 59 - Searches and certified copies
Marriage Act 1961
In force on 5 Jan 2026Marriage Act 1961 Section 59
Searches and certified copies
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MA1961 s.59
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59 Searches and certified copies
Section titled “59 Searches and certified copies”(1) Subject to payment of the prescribed fee, a person may, upon satisfying the Registrar that the person has good reason for so doing, cause a search to be made for an entry in the Register of Foreign Marriages Solemnised in Australia and receive a copy of the entry, or an extract of the entry, certified by the Registrar under his or her signature and seal to be a copy of the entry or an extract of the entry, as the case may be.
(2) A copy of an entry in the Register certified in accordance with subsection (1) is, for all purposes, evidence of the marriage recorded in the entry.