CCQ, r. 3.1 - Regulation respecting the solemnization of marriages and civil unions

Section 2 Disposition versions

2018-10-18

2. Marriages and civil unions may be solemnized on any day in a place accessible or made accessible to the public, in keeping with the solemn nature of the ceremony and laid out for that purpose.

However, marriages and civil unions solemnized in a courthouse or by a clerk or deputy clerk of the Superior Court must be solemnized between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. They may not be solemnized on

(1)  Sundays;

(2)  1 and 2 January;

(3)  Good Friday;

(4)  Easter Monday;

(5)  24 June, the National Holiday;

(6)  1 July, the anniversary of Confederation;

(7)  the first Monday of September, Labour Day;

(8)  the second Monday of October;

(9)  24, 25, 26 and 31 December;

(10)  the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor General for the celebration of the birthday of the Sovereign; or

(11)  any other day fixed by order of the Government as a public holiday or as a day of thanksgiving.

M.O. 3990, s. 2.

Not in force

In force: 2018-10-18

2. Marriages and civil unions may be solemnized on any day in a place accessible or made accessible to the public, in keeping with the solemn nature of the ceremony and laid out for that purpose.

However, marriages and civil unions solemnized in a courthouse or by a clerk or deputy clerk of the Superior Court must be solemnized between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. They may not be solemnized on

(1)  Sundays;

(2)  1 and 2 January;

(3)  Good Friday;

(4)  Easter Monday;

(5)  24 June, the National Holiday;

(6)  1 July, the anniversary of Confederation;

(7)  the first Monday of September, Labour Day;

(8)  the second Monday of October;

(9)  24, 25, 26 and 31 December;

(10)  the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor General for the celebration of the birthday of the Sovereign; or

(11)  any other day fixed by order of the Government as a public holiday or as a day of thanksgiving.

M.O. 3990, s. 2.