s.21Registration of civil partnerships
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Section 21Part 7 — REGISTRATION

Registration of civil partnerships

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21. (1) The Registrar shall keep at the office of the Registrar-General the Civil Partnerships Register in which shall be recorded —
all civil partnerships entered into in the Islands; and
all civil partnerships recognised under this Law.
Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by the Registrar, the Registrar shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall be signed by —
the Registrar;
the parties to the civil partnership; and
two witnesses to the civil partnership, and the Registrar shall enter particulars of the civil partnership in the prescribed form in the Civil Partnerships Register.
Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by a civil partnership officer, the civil partnership officer shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall be signed by —
the civil partnership officer; Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Section 21 c Law 35 of 2020 Page 19
the parties to the civil partnership; and
two witnesses to the civil partnership.
A civil partnership officer shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Registrar a duplicate of the certificate prepared under subsection (3) similarly signed, and the duplicate certificate shall be filed by the Registrar and preserved among the records of the office of the Registrar-General, and the Registrar shall enter a true copy thereof in the Civil Partnerships Register.
Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by a Civil Registrar, the Civil Registrar shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall be signed by —
the Civil Registrar;
the parties to the civil partnership; and
two witnesses to the civil partnership, and the Civil Registrar shall enter particulars of the civil partnership in the prescribed form in the Civil Registrar’s Civil Partnerships Register Book.
The Civil Partnerships Register Book shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars.
After entering the particulars of the civil partnership in the Civil Registrar’s Civil Partnerships Register Book, the Civil Registrar shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Registrar a duplicate of the certificate prepared under subsection (5) similarly signed, and the duplicate certificate shall be filed by the Registrar and preserved among the records of the office of the Registrar- General, and the Registrar shall enter a true copy thereof in the Civil Partnerships Register.
In the case of a civil partnership formalised in extremis under section 15 —
the requirement as to the signing of the certificate by the parties to the civil partnership shall be waived so far as regards any party unable to sign;
the certificate shall be signed by —
the Registrar, the Civil Registrar or the civil partnership officer who formalised the civil partnership; medical doctor referred to in section 15;
any party to the civil partnership able to sign; and
two witnesses to the civil partnership, one of whom shall be the
the Registrar shall insert the words “in extremis” in the entry to be made in the Civil Partnerships Register; and
where applicable, the Civil Registrar shall insert the words “in extremis” in the entry to be made in the Civil Partnerships Register Book. Section 22 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Page 20 Law 35 of 2020 c

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