French Civil Code
In forceOn the day designated by the parties, after the publication period, the civil registrar, at the town hall, in the presence of at least two witnesses, or at most four, relatives or not of the parties, shall read to the future spouses the articles 212 and 213, the first paragraph of Articles 214 and 215, and of Article 371-1 du présent code.
However, in the event of serious impediment, the public prosecutor of the place of marriage may request the civil registrar to go to the home or residence of one of the parties to celebrate the marriage. In the event of imminent danger of the death of one of the future spouses, the civil registrar may go there before any requisition or authorisation from the public prosecutor, to whom he must then, as soon as possible, inform of the need for this celebration outside the common home.
Mention of this will be made in the marriage record.
The civil registrar will call upon the future spouses and, if they are minors, their ascendants present at the celebration and authorising the marriage, to declare whether a marriage contract has been made and, if so, the date of that contract and the name and place of residence of the notary who received it.
If the documents produced by one of the future spouses do not agree with each other as to the forenames or as to the spelling of the surnames, he shall call upon the one to whom they relate, and if he is a minor, his nearest ascendants present at the celebration, to have to declare that the lack of agreement results from an omission or an error.
He will receive from each party, one after the other, the declaration that they wish to take each other as spouses: he will pronounce, in the name of the law, that they are united by marriage, and he will draw up a record of this forthwith.
