Where there are serious indications, based on the hearing or individual interviews referred to in Article 63, that the intended marriage is likely to be annulled under Article 146 or Article 180, the civil registrar shall immediately refer the matter to the public prosecutor. The Public Prosecutor is required, within fifteen days of the matter being referred to him, either to allow the marriage to proceed, to oppose it, or to decide that its celebration will be postponed, pending the results of the investigation he is conducting. He will inform the civil registrar and the interested parties of his reasoned decision.
The duration of the stay decided by the public prosecutor may not exceed one month, renewable once by specially reasoned decision.
On expiry of the stay, the public prosecutor shall inform the civil registrar in a reasoned decision whether he will allow the marriage to proceed or whether he opposes its celebration.
Either of the future spouses, even if a minor, may contest the decision to stay the marriage or its renewal before the president of the judicial court, who shall rule within ten days. The decision of the president of the judicial court may be referred to the court of appeal, which shall rule within the same period.