Regulations on Marriage Registration
Order of the State Council No.387
August 8, 2003
These Regulations on Marriage Registration, approved at the 16th executive meeting of the State Council on July 30, 2003, are hereby promulgated with effect as of October 1, 2003.
Wen Jiabao, Premier
Appendix: Regulations on Marriage Registration
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations on Marriage Registration (hereinafter referred to as "these Regulations") are formulated in accordance with the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Marriage Law"), in order to standardize marriage registration, safeguard the implementation of marriage systems of free choice of partners, monogamy and equality between men and women and protect the legitimate rights and interests of both parties to a marriage.
Article 2 Civil affairs authorities of county-level people's governments or township (town)-level people's governments are in charge of Chinese inland residents' marriage registration. People's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may determine, based on the principle of being convenient for people, specific authorities for rural residents' marriage registration.
Authorities handling registration of marriages between Chinese citizens and foreigners and between Chinese inland residents and residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as "Hong Kong residents"), residents of the Macau Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as "Macau residents"), residents of Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as "Taiwan residents") or overseas Chinese are civil affairs authorities of people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, or authorities determined by people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Article 3 Marriage registrars of marriage registration authorities shall undergo training for marriage registration, and can be engaged in the work of marriage registration only after passing the examination.
Apart from the certificate production fee applicable to the parties concerned according to the charge standard, marriage registration authorities shall not charge other fees or require other obligations for handling marriage registration.
Chapter II Marriage Registration
Article 4 Both men and women who are inland residents and about to get married shall handle marriage registration with the marriage registration authority of the place where the permanent household of one of them is registered.
As for Chinese citizens who are to get married to foreigners in the Chinese mainland and Chinese inland residents who are to get married to Hong Kong residents, Macau residents, Taiwan residents or overseas Chinese in the Chinese mainland, both the man and woman shall handle marriage registration with the marriage registration authority of the place where the permanent household of the Chinese inland resident is registered.
Article 5 The Chinese inland resident applying for marriage registration shall produce the following certificates and supporting materials:
1.
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Order of the State Council No.387
August 8, 2003
These Regulations on Marriage Registration, approved at the 16th executive meeting of the State Council on July 30, 2003, are hereby promulgated with effect as of October 1, 2003.
Wen Jiabao, Premier
Appendix: Regulations on Marriage Registration
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations on Marriage Registration (hereinafter referred to as "these Regulations") are formulated in accordance with the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Marriage Law"), in order to standardize marriage registration, safeguard the implementation of marriage systems of free choice of partners, monogamy and equality between men and women and protect the legitimate rights and interests of both parties to a marriage.
Article 2 Civil affairs authorities of county-level people's governments or township (town)-level people's governments are in charge of Chinese inland residents' marriage registration. People's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may determine, based on the principle of being convenient for people, specific authorities for rural residents' marriage registration.
Authorities handling registration of marriages between Chinese citizens and foreigners and between Chinese inland residents and residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as "Hong Kong residents"), residents of the Macau Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as "Macau residents"), residents of Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as "Taiwan residents") or overseas Chinese are civil affairs authorities of people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, or authorities determined by people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Article 3 Marriage registrars of marriage registration authorities shall undergo training for marriage registration, and can be engaged in the work of marriage registration only after passing the examination.
Apart from the certificate production fee applicable to the parties concerned according to the charge standard, marriage registration authorities shall not charge other fees or require other obligations for handling marriage registration.
Chapter II Marriage Registration
Article 4 Both men and women who are inland residents and about to get married shall handle marriage registration with the marriage registration authority of the place where the permanent household of one of them is registered.
As for Chinese citizens who are to get married to foreigners in the Chinese mainland and Chinese inland residents who are to get married to Hong Kong residents, Macau residents, Taiwan residents or overseas Chinese in the Chinese mainland, both the man and woman shall handle marriage registration with the marriage registration authority of the place where the permanent household of the Chinese inland resident is registered.
Article 5 The Chinese inland resident applying for marriage registration shall produce the following certificates and supporting materials:
1.
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