Issue of marriage licence and information return

1 Subject to the provisions of this Act, if a marriage is to be solemnised by a marriage celebrant or under section 32 , and notice has been given to a Registrar in accordance with section 23 , the Registrar shall, not earlier than the third day after the day the notice was given, issue to the person who gave the notice— a a marriage licence in the prescribed form, authorising the marriage of the persons named in it at the place, or either of 2 places (being a place or places situated in New Zealand), specified in it; and b 2 copies of a form provided by the Registrar-General for the purpose of returning information relating to marriages solemnised by marriage celebrants or under section 32 . 1A A Registrar other than the Registrar to whom the notice was given may issue the licence and copies (and in that case the Registrar to whom the notice was given does not have to do so). 2 Notwithstanding subsection (1), if satisfied that— a a proposed marriage is not prohibited by this Act; and b the requirements of this Act have been complied with; and c the parties to the proposed marriage would otherwise be inconvenienced,— a Registrar may issue a marriage licence and marriage return forms before the third day after the day the notice concerned was given.