Section 9, Marriage and Divorce Act, 2007

(1) An application for registration of a marriage shall beaccompanied by a statutory declaration stating the following:- (a) the names of the parties to the marriage; (b) the place of residence of the parties at the time of the marriage; and (c) that the conditions essential to the validity of the marriage in accordance with the applicable customary law have been complied with. (2) The statutory declaration shall be supported by the parents or the guardians of the spouses but where there are no parents or guardians living at the time of the application, it shall be supported by a relative of each spouse not below the age of eighteen.