Registrar to issue licence unless satisfied marriage unlawful

A Registrar shall issue a marriage licence or solemnise a marriage, as the case may be, unless he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the marriage is prohibited by this Act or that any of the requirements of this Act have not been complied with: provided that no Registrar shall be required to solemnise a marriage at a time or on a day when his or her office is not ordinarily open for the transaction of public business under this Act unless he or she has agreed to do so.