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A marriage certificate is a document containing the important details of marriage, signed by the couple and by all in attendance.<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
1. Marriage under the Marriage Ordinance<\/p>\n
2. Customary marriage<\/p>\n
Islamic marriage under the Marriage of Islamic Ordinance.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Filling a Notice of Marriage<\/p>\n
This step is solely required for Ordinance marriage.<\/p>\n
The first step to obtaining a marriage certificate from an ordinance marriage in Ghana as follow<\/p>\n
The notice of Marriage is filled with the registrar of marriages in the egistrar General office, \/ one\u2019s local Municipal or District Assemble<\/p>\n
The waiting period of the notice of marriage 21 day<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
The form will require information such as names, ages, occupations and addresses of both parties<\/p>\n
Copies will also be made of valid identification (a passport is usually your best bet<\/p>\n
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\u2019s intention to be married<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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