| Religious Marriage having civil effect.
1. Persons as authorised by the Registrar of Civil Status may celebrate a Religious Marriage Having Civil Effect.
2. Where a person is not authorised to celebrate a Religious Marriage Having Civil Effect a civil status officer may be designated to assist in the ceremony and register the marriage with Civil Effect.
3.No publication is required for the celebration of a Religious Marriage having Civil Effect.
|  |  | Documents to be produced |  | | Birth certificates issued within the last three month | | Previous Marriage certificate(s) if divorced | | Death/Marriage certificate(s) if widow/widower | | National Identity Cards of all parties |  |  |  | | |
| Religious marriages having civil effect have the same legal effect as civil marriages.
Two witnesses are required to be present at time of marriage ceremony. | | Regime Notification | | | At time of registration of a religious marriage having civil effect, | | the parties shall inform the Civil Status Officer of the matrimonial | | regime they wish to be governed by, for insertion in the marriage entry. | | | | | |
