A marriage certificate is a document containing the important details of marriage, signed by the couple and by all in attendance.
In order to obtain a marriage certificate in Ghana, there should be a marriage and a marriage registration and the following steps are to be followed. There are three types of valid marriage recognized by the Ghanaian law:
1. Marriage under the Marriage Ordinance
2. Customary marriage
Islamic marriage under the Marriage of Islamic Ordinance.
Applications to get a marriage certificate can be made either in-person or online. Application for a marriage certificate for an ordinance marriage can only be done in person; whereas, an application for a marriage certificate for a customary or an Islamic marriage can be done either in-person or online.
Filling a Notice of Marriage
This step is solely required for Ordinance marriage.
The first step to obtaining a marriage certificate from an ordinance marriage in Ghana as follow
The notice of Marriage is filled with the registrar of marriages in the egistrar General office, / one’s local Municipal or District Assemble
The waiting period of the notice of marriage 21 day
The reason for this is to give the general public ample notice of your intention to be married, in case any party would like to contest/oppose the marriage on legal ground
The form will require information such as names, ages, occupations and addresses of both parties
Copies will also be made of valid identification (a passport is usually your best bet
After the forms are filled, you will be asked to return after 21 days, during which banns will be published on a notice board. This will indicate yours and your partner’s intention to be married
Within this period, some religious establishments require that their members publish banns at the church for the same time period. This is usually done orally, before the entire congregation.)congregation.
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