(1) Any registrar of births, marriages and deaths who registers a
marriage celebrated by himself:
a) without checking that all consents required for its validity have been
given; or
b) before the expiry of such time as may be prescribed in case the wife
has already been married,
shall be punished with imprisonment for from 3 (three) months to 1 (one) year
and with fine of from CFAF 5 000 (five thousand) to CFAF 70 000 (seventy
thousand).
(2) The consequences of the irregularity in civil law shall be immaterial
to the applicability of this Section.
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In force from 12 July 2016
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