Section 19: Any person who–

(a) applies to a local council for the registration of any customary marriage or divorce which he knows has not been lawfully contracted or dissolved, as the case may be, under the applicable customary law; (b) knowingly makes any false entry in the register or a certified copy thereof; or (c) with intent to defraud, alters any entry in the register or certified copy thereof, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding Le1,000,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both the fine and imprisonment.