11.-(1) No marriage shall be solemnized unless the parties to the betrothal first give notice to the marriage officer at the place where the male party to the betrothal ordinarily resides.
(2) The notice shall be in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the parties to the betrothal and a party who is illiterate shall affix his mark thereto in the presence of two witnesses. Such notice shall be accompanied by the birth certificates of the parties and a certificate of the mukhtar of the place in which each party ordinarily resides stating that, to his best knowledge and belief, no disability or impediment exists to their marriage and, where necessary, by a certificate that the former spouse is dead or by a copy of a judgment of a competent Court or other authority pronouncing a divorce or the nullity of the former marriage and by the written consent of the parents or guardians:
Provided that, in the case of a party who is not a Cypriot, the certificate or certificates required under this subsection shall, as regards such party, emanate from some authority of the place in which such party ordinarily resides and as to which the marriage officer is satisfied that it is competent to issue such certificate or certificates:
Provided further that the marriage officer may, in his discretion, dispense with all or any of the certificates required under this subsection.