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The Immigration Department today (May 12) announced the appointment of 126 civil celebrants of marriages ("civil celebrants").
A department spokesman said there were now 258 civil celebrants appointed under the Civil Celebrants of Marriages Scheme and an updated list could be found at the Immigration Department website at www.immd.gov.hk. The list is also available at the following locations of the Immigration Department:
(i) Information and Liaison Section at 2nd Floor, Immigration
Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai (Tel. no. 2824 6111);
(ii) Marriage Registration and Records Office at 3rd Floor,
Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway,
Queensway (Tel. no. 2867 2787); and
(iii) any of the marriage registries.
For the address and telephone number of the marriage registries, please call the Information and Liaison Section at 2824 6111.
The spokesman said parties to an intended marriage may give a notice of intended marriage through a civil celebrant to the Registrar of Marriages or a deputy registrar of marriages ("Registrar"). They may also engage a civil celebrant to celebrate their marriage at any time within three months after the giving of the notice of intended marriage.
Those who have given a notice of intended marriage directly to the Registrar for a marriage ceremony to be held at the marriage registry and wish to change to engage a civil celebrant to celebrate their marriage should, in advance, either in person or through the civil celebrant, approach the Registrar for formalities. They should ensure that the Registrar has issued a Certificate of the Registrar before a civil celebrant can celebrate their marriage.
Ends/Friday, May 12, 2006
Issued at HKT 09:33
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