Section 15

A jurunikah shall not solemnise any marriage except after having received an application from both parties to the marriage in the prescribed form and the form shall be submitted to the Registrar within 14

days before the marriage is to be solemnised, except when it is necessary for the marriage to be solemnised urgently due to reasons that are unavoidable and reasonable according to the opinion of the Registrar.

The jurunikah shall not solemnise a marriage of any person coming from outside his area or district, except with the written permission of the Registrar of the district in which each party to be married is bermastautin.

A jurunikah shall not solemnise a marriage of any person who is not a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or permanent resident except when that person can produce to the Registrar permission or authorisation permitting the solemnisation of marriage in Brunei Darussalam with the party stated in that authorisation issued by the authority responsible for

Muslim marriages and divorces or other relevant authority in his country, which has been certified by the Registrar to enable that person to get married in Brunei Darussalam.

Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2) and (3), the Court may in any particular case permit the marriage to proceed.

Islamic Family Law

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Issue of permission to marry.