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Marriage Act 1961
36Transfer to another State etc.
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#### 36 Transfer to another State etc.
(1) Where a person whose name is included in the register for a particular State or Territory is ordinarily resident in another State or Territory, the Registrar by whom the register is kept shall, subject to this section, remove the name of that person from that register.
(2) Where the name of a person referred to in subsection (1) is not included in the register for the State or Territory in which the person is ordinarily resident, the Registrar for that State or Territory may enter the name of that person in the register kept by that Registrar, and the name of that person shall not be removed from a register by virtue of subsection (1) unless and until it has been so entered.