Registering a Marriage in Hong Kong

Marriage is a new stage of life when a couple makes life-long commitment to each other. Before you speak the wedding vows to your beloved, please remember to register your marriage.

The minimum age for getting married is 16 years of age (Gregorian reckoning). There are no residential requirements for marriage and the marrying parties may be of any nationality.

Under the Laws of Hong Kong, you will have to go through the following procedures for solemnizing a marriage in Hong Kong:

• Either one of you has to give a Notice of Intended Marriage (the notice) to the Registrar of Marriages (the Registrar) in the prescribed form either directly or through a civil celebrant of marriages.
• The Registrar shall exhibit Part I of the notice in his office until the issue of a Certificate of Registrar of Marriages or the expiry of the 3-month period.
• The Registrar may, at least 15 days after the giving of a notice, issue a Certificate of Registrar of Marriages to enable you to celebrate your marriage within three months from the date of notice giving if all the statutory requirements are met.
• A marriage has to take place at a marriage registry by a Registrar; or in a licensed place of worship by a competent minister or at any other place in Hong Kong by a civil celebrant of marriages.

If the marriage does not take place within three months after the giving of the notice, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void. You have to give another notice before getting married.

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辦理婚姻登記

婚姻是一對愛侶為對方許下終身承諾，攜手踏進人生的新階段。在你向另一半許下結婚誓言之前，別忘記辦理婚姻登記。

結婚的最低法定年齡為16歲（以西曆計算），不論你們居於何地或屬於任何國籍，均可登記結婚。

根據香港法例，你們在香港締結婚姻需經以下程序 :

• 你們其中一方須直接或透過婚姻監禮人向婚姻登記官（登記官）遞交擬結婚通知書(通知書)。
• 登記官須在其辦事處展示通知書的第I部分，直至發出婚姻登記官證明書或通知書的三個月有效期屆滿為止。
• 如符合所有法定要求，登記官可在通知書遞交後最少15天，簽發「婚姻登記官證明書｣，讓你們在通知書的三個月有效期內舉行婚禮。
• 婚禮須在婚姻登記處由登記官主持，或在特許的禮拜場所由合資格的神職人員主持，或由婚姻監禮人在香港其他地方主持。

婚禮須於遞交通知書後三個月內進行，否則該通知書便會作廢，之後如欲舉行婚禮，必須重新遞交通知書。