### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

19. Celebration of marriage in licensed place of worship
(1) Marriages may be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and in the presence of 2 or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister. (Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4; 51 of 1911 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 9)
(2) No minister shall celebrate any marriage until the parties deliver to him the certificate of the Registrar or a special licence. (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 71 of 1999 s. 3; 23 of 2005 s. 47)

20. Certificates of marriage for marriage celebrated in licensed place of worship
(1) The Registrar shall cause to be prepared and supplied to all licensed places of worship books of marriage certificates in Form 4 in Schedule 1 in duplicate and with butts in such form as may be specified by the Registrar. (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4)
(2) The certificate of marriage shall be signed in duplicate by the officiating minister, by the parties, and by 2 or more witnesses to the marriage.
(3) The minister shall deliver one certificate of marriage to the parties immediately after the marriage, and shall within 7 days thereafter transmit the other to the Registrar who shall file the same in his office. (Amended 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911 Schedule; 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 10)
(4) The officiating minister shall enter in the butt the names of the parties and the date of the marriage.
(Amended 23 of 2005 s. 48)

20A. Certificates of marriage to be supplied to civil celebrant
The Registrar shall cause to be prepared and supplied upon request to any civil celebrant books of marriage certificates in Form 7 in Schedule 1 in duplicate and with butts in such form as may be specified by the Registrar.
(Added 23 of 2005 s. 11)

### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

22. Marriage by special licence at other place
Whenever a special licence authorizes the celebration of a marriage at a place other than a licensed place of worship or the office of the Registrar and such marriage is not to be celebrated by the Registrar, the Registrar, on taking the affidavit of one of the parties to the marriage, shall deliver to him or her a blank certificate of marriage in duplicate, and the minister celebrating the marriage, the parties, and 2 or more witnesses shall sign the same, in manner hereinbefore prescribed, and the minister shall deliver one certificate to the parties, immediately after the marriage, and shall transmit the other to the Registrar within 7 days thereafter, and the Registrar shall file the same in his office. 
(Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 27 of 1937 Schedule; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 12; 71 of 1999 s. 3; 23 of 2005 s. 49)

23. Registration of certificates of marriage
(1) The Registrar shall register all certificates of marriage filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for easy reference thereto. (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 80 of 1997 s. 75)
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Registrar may cause the certificates of marriage to be recorded in the form of digital image. (Added 80 of 1997 s. 75. Amended 8 of 2006 s. 43)

24. Effect of certificate of marriage or certified copy thereof
Any certificate of marriage filed in the office of the Registrar, or a copy of it (including any copy in the form of a reader-printer hard copy of the microfilm, or a hard copy of the digital image, of a certificate of marriage), provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar and to be sealed or stamped with his official seal, shall be admissible as evidence of the marriage to which the same relates in any court or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence. 
(Amended 50 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 80 of 1997 s. 76; 8 of 2006 s. 44)

### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

25. Correction of error in certificate of marriage
The Registrar may correct any clerical error in any certificate of marriage on production to him of the certificate delivered to the parties, and shall authenticate every such correction by his signature, or by marking the same with his initials, and the date of making the correction. 
(Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 13)

26. Searches may be made, and certified copies granted
(1) The Registrar may allow searches to be made amongst all certificates, licences, registers, and indexes in his possession and give a certified copy of any entry therein, and issue a certificate to the effect that there is no record of any marriage of the person named having taken place. (Amended 5 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) A certificate issued or purporting to be issued under this section before the commencement* of the Marriage (Certificate of Absence of Marriage Record) Ordinance 1999 (5 of 1999) shall be deemed to have been issued as if that Ordinance had been in force at the time of its issue. (Added 5 of 1999 s. 3)
(15 of 1902 s. 4 incorporated. Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4; 8 of 1912 s. 22; 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 14) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 5 February 1999.