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About Civil Marriages in Uganda
Celebration of Civil marriages is governed by the Marriage Act. The Registrar General is gazetted as the Registrar of Marriages for Kampala whereas the Chief Administrative Officers are gazetted as the Registrars of Marriages for districts outside Kampala. Civil Marriages take place at the offices of these Registrars.
1. Who is eligible to contract a Civil Marriage?
Every person who is single, widowed or divorced, aged 18 years and above and is not party to a subsisting marriage is eligible to contract a civil Marriage
2. Contracting a Civil Marriage
The intending couple should come with the following;
- Proof of citizenship for example a passport or national identification card
- An LC 1 letter clearly stating duration of residence in the district in which the marriage is intended to be solemnized (this should not be less than 15 days).
- One passport size photograph each for the groom and the bride.
- A Photocopy of a VALID ID for each of the two Adult witnesses
- Registered marriage affidavits that conform to Section 10 of the Marriage Act;
- In case of foreign citizens, a letter from the Civil Registration or Vital Statistics Office of their country confirming that the party is not married.
- For the case of Foreign Citizens, Copies of Valid Visas upon entry into Uganda shall be required on the Marriage Date
- For the case of Divorced/Widowed intendants to the marriage, certified copies of Divorce Decree Absolutes or death certificates shall be required
- For the case of Documents authored in any Language other-than English, Translations of the same shall be required
- For the case of refugees, a letter from the Office of the Prime Minister on the marital status of the intendant shall be required
- • One of the intending parties to the marriage should fill a Notice of Marriage Form (Form A according to the Marriage Act) (indicating their names, marital status, age, occupation and place of abode)
- The client should attach evidence of payments of the prescribed fees. The fees must have be paid in any bank of choice after generation of a payment registration number (PRN) from the URA portal Alternatively, a client can exercise the self-assessment option by logging on to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
- The Notice form, accompanying documents and receipts shall be submitted to the Registrar of marriages of the district of Residence of one of the parties to the marriage. The intending couples are encouraged to indicate Valid Phone Contacts on the Notice Form
- The Notice of Marriage is published on the Notice board of the District Registrar of Marriages for 21 calendar days.
- If there are no objections to the notice of marriage, the ceremony takes place after 21 calendar days but not before the lapse of 90 calendar days. Marriages are celebrated from Monday to Friday, between 10 am and 4 pm
- On the day of the marriage solemnization, the parties appear with the two adult witnesses before the Registrar who performs the ceremony and thereafter issues a Marriage Certificate (Form E according to the marriage Act)
- If there is an objection, a caveat is placed and the matter is referred to Court for settlement.
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TRANSLATED TO CHINESE (For Chinese clients)
关于乌干达的民事婚姻 民事婚姻的举行受《婚姻法》管辖。坎帕拉的婚姻登记官由总登记官担任，坎帕拉以外地区的婚姻登记官则由首席行政官担任。民事婚姻在这些登记官的办公室举行。 1. 谁有资格缔结民事婚姻？ 所有单身、丧偶或离婚、年满18岁且未缔结有效婚姻关系的人士，均有资格缔结民事婚姻。 2. 缔结民事婚姻 有意向的夫妇应携带以下证件： 公民身份证明，例如护照或国民身份证 LC 1 信函，清晰说明在拟举行婚礼地区的居住期限（不得少于 15 天）。 新郎和新娘各一张护照尺寸的照片。 两位成年证婚人的有效身份证件复印件。 符合《婚姻法》第 10 条规定的已登记结婚宣誓书； 外国公民需提供其所在国家民事登记处或人口统计办公室出具的未婚证明信。 对于外国公民，需在结婚当天出示入境乌干达时有效签证的复印件。 对于离婚/丧偶的婚姻意向人，需提供离婚判决书或死亡证明的认证复印件。 对于非英语语言撰写的文件，需提供其翻译件。 对于难民，需提供总理办公室出具的关于意向人婚姻状况的信函。 • 婚姻意向人一方应填写结婚通知表（根据《婚姻法》规定为A表）（需注明姓名、婚姻状况、年龄、职业和居住地）。 客户应附上已支付规定费用的证明。费用必须在乌干达税务局 (URA) 门户生成付款登记号 (PRN) 后，通过您选择的任何银行支付。或者，客户可以登录乌干达税务局 (URA) 进行自我评估。 通知表格、随附文件和收据应提交给婚姻一方居住地的婚姻登记处。建议有意向的夫妇在通知表格上填写有效的联系电话。 结婚通知将在婚姻登记处地区公告栏上公布 21 个日历日。 如果没有人对结婚通知提出异议，婚礼将在 21 个日历日后举行，但不得早于 90 个日历日。婚礼时间为周一至周五上午10点至下午4点。 婚礼当天，双方将与两名成年证婚人一同出席登记官的婚礼仪式，登记官将主持婚礼并颁发结婚证书（根据《婚姻法》，E表）。 如有异议，将提出警告，并将案件提交法院解决。 如需个性化法律援助和指导，请联系 Arnold，邮箱：arnour08@gmail.com 或致电 +256709669443 (WhatsApp)。