Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Prior to the celebration of the marriage, the civil registrar will make a publication by means of a poster affixed to the door of the common house. This publication will state the forenames, surnames, occupations, domiciles and residences of the future spouses, as well as the place where the marriage is to be celebrated. The publication provided for in the first paragraph or, in the event of dispensation from publication…

The poster provided for in the previous article will remain affixed to the door of the common house for ten days. The marriage may not be celebrated before the tenth day since and not including that of publication. If posting is interrupted before the expiry of this period, this will be mentioned on the poster which will have ceased to be affixed to the door of the common house.

If the marriage has not been celebrated within one year from the expiry of the publication period, it may only be celebrated again after a new publication made in the above form.

The acts of opposition to the marriage will be signed on the original and on the copy by the objectors or by their authorised representatives, special and authentic; they will be served, with the copy of the power of attorney, on the person or at the domicile of the parties, and on the civil registrar, who will put his visa on the original.

The civil registrar will, without delay, make a summary entry of the oppositions in the marriage register; he will also make a note, in the margin of the entry of the said oppositions, of the judgments or acts of release of which a copy has been given to him.

In the event of opposition, the civil registrar will not be able to celebrate the marriage until he has been given the release, on pain of a €3,000 fine and all damages.

If the publication has been made in several communes, the civil registrar of each commune shall without delay send to the one of them who is to celebrate the marriage a certificate stating that there is no opposition.

Each of the future spouses shall provide the civil registrar who is to celebrate the marriage with an extract from his or her birth record, indicating filiation, which must not be more than three months old if it was issued by a French civil registrar. However, the civil registrar may, after having informed the future spouse in advance, request verification of the personal data contained in the civil records from…

One of the future spouses who is unable to obtain this deed may make up for it by producing a notarised deed issued by a notary or, abroad, by the competent French diplomatic or consular authorities. The acte de notoriété is drawn up on the basis of the statements of at least three witnesses and any other documents produced which attest to the forenames, surname, profession and place of residence…

The authentic act of the consent of the father and mother or grandparents or, in their absence, that of the family council, shall contain the forenames, surnames, occupations and domicile of the future spouses and of all those who have contributed to the act, as well as their degree of kinship. Except in the case provided for by article 159 of the Civil Code, this act of consent is drawn…