Wasn't signed/certified in the presence of the Bahamian Registrar so under Bahamian law isn't a legal Birth Certificate. Some of us suspect this may be why Shelley took the Birth Certificate from the house.
THE FOREIGN MARRIAGE ACT Notice is hereby given that a marriage is intended to be celebrated at ............................... ...................... in the (Country, State, Republic, Empire, etc.) of .......................................... before ........................................ the British Marriage Officer appointed for the District between the following parties- 1. Full name of party resident in The Bahamas. Condition .......................................................... (Bachelor, Spinster, Widower, Widow.) Address in The Bahamas. 2. Full name of party resident abroad. Condition .............................................................. (Bachelor, Spinster, Widower, Widow.) Address. Signature. Date. To the Registrar General.
CHAPTER 124 FOREIGN MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1.Short title. 2.Notice of an intended marriage to be given to Registrar General 3.Before publishing notice Registrar General may satisfy himself as to residence. 4.What notice shall state. 5.Time in which a caveat may be entered. Certificate of Registrar to he given under his seal.
4. Every such official notice shall state that unless the Registrar General is made aware within one month of the third and final notice to be published in accordance with this Act of any impediment or objection which should obstruct the solemnization of the marriage, he will give to the party intending such marriage a certificate that the notice required by section 2 of this Act has been given and published.
http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/statutes/statute_CHAPTER_124.html