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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 255.01
MARRIAGE REGULATIONS
12th August, 1975
LEGAL NOTICE 94 of 1975, as amended by Legal Notice 42 of 1981.
Title.
Fees.
Amended by:
L.N. 42 of 1981.
Cap. 255.
2. The fee to be levied and paid for things done or services
rendered by the Registrar under the Marriage Act shall, in respect
of each marriage, be five liri; but such fee shall cover all services
and all things done in respect of such marriage including, but
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the publication
of banns and the issue of certificates relating thereto, the
celebration of the marriage, if any, by the Registrar, and the
attendance of any person for the completion and delivery for
registration of the act of marriage.
Schedule.
Cap. 255.
3. The forms to be used for the purposes of the Marriage Act
shall be the forms set out in the Schedule.
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SCHEDULE
No. 1
Request for 
publication of 
banns of 
matrimony.
Request for the purposes of article 7(4) of the Marriage Act
Date ................................
Marriage Registrar,
Marriage Registry
Valletta.
We, the undersigned, intend to marry at ......................................
on the ...................................... by Civil/Religious *  form according
to the provisions of the Marriage Act.
Therefore you are requested to publish the Banns in respect of
our marriage.
With this application we are producing the following documents:
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Bridegroom’s Bride’s
signature ................................ signature ................................
Name of bridegroom Name of bride
(in block letters) ....................... (in block letters) ......................
Address of bridegroom Address of bride
............................................... ...............................................
............................................... ................................................
No. 2
Declaration 
required under 
article 7(5) of the 
Marriage Act
Declaration for the purposes of article 7(5) of the Marriage Act
I, the undersigned, declare on oath/solemnly affirm †  that to the
best of my knowledge and belief, there is no legal impediment to
my marriage and that there is no other lawful cause why my
marriage should not take place.
So Help me God*
*Delete whichever is not applicable.
FOR OFFICE USE Officer’s initials
Application received on ............................
Banns to be published from ......................
to .....................................
Banns sent to ............................................
on .....................................
Other remarks: .........................................
.................................................................
.................................................................
†Delete whichever is not applicable.
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Signature of Bridegroom/Bride* .................................................
Sworn/Solemnly affirmed* and signed before me
today ......................................................
...................................
Registrar
No.3
Banns of 
matrimony
BANNS in respect of the MARRIAGE which is going to take
place at .............................................
between .............................. and ........................................... 
son of ................................. daughter of ...............................
born in ................................ born in ......................................
and residing at ..................... and residing at ..........................
............................................ ..................................................
Published this .............................................................................
Remarks .....................................................................................
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...................................................................................................
No. 4
Certificate of 
publication of 
banns of 
matrimony
Certificate of Publication of Marriage Banns for the purposes of 
article 7(7) of the Marriage Act
Date ................................
At the request of .........................................................................
I certify for the purposes of article 7(7) of the Marriage Act that the
Banns in respect of the Marriage between ..................................
son of ......................................... residing at ..................................
and ........................................ daughter of .....................................
residing at .............................. which is taking place at ..................
on ............................................ have been published according to
law.
The publication of the banns was completed on ...........................
...............................
Registrar
No. 5
Certificate of 
refusal of banns or 
of publication of 
banns.
Refusal by the Registrar for the purposes of article 8 of the 
Marriage Act
Date .........................
Sir/Madam
With reference to your application for the publication of banns in
respect of your marriage/for the issue of a certificate that banns in
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respect of your marriage have been published * , I have to inform
you that these banns cannot be published/such certificates cannot
be issued* for the following reasons: ..............................................
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Registrar
No. 6
Proxy.
Power of Attorney
(The Marriage Act)
I, the undersigned, hereby authorise .....................................
son/daughter †  of .................................. residing at .........................
............................... to represent me at the marriage which is going
to take place at ............................... on the .................................
by Civil/Religious* form between myself .......................................
son/daughter* of ...................................... residing at ....................
...................................... and son/daughter* of ...............................
residing at .................... ......................................
This proxy is made for the following reasons:
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...................................................................................................
...................................................................................................
...................................................................................................
today .....................................................
Signature ..............................
Witness to signature ...............................
Signature authenticated by ..............................
For office use:
The marriage between the persons above-mentioned is authorised
by me.
................................
Registrar
No. 7
Dispensation or 
shortening of 
marriage banns. 
Dispensation or shortening of Marriage Banns for the purposes of 
article 10 of the Marriage Act
Date...........................
I hereby authorize the marriage, with dispensation from the
*Delete whichever is not applicable.
†Delete whichever is not applicable
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publication of the banns/with a reduction in the period to ...............
days for the publication of banns *  between .....................................
residing at ............................................................................... and
residing at ...............................................................................
The above mentioned dispensation is being granted in virtue of
article 10 of the Marriage Act and after I had previously
ascertained myself that ...................................... is in imminent
danger of death in the following manner that is to say:
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Registrar
*Delete whichever is not applicable.
