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Registration of Marriages (General)

Everyone other than where both parties are Muslims, can register their marriage under Marriage(general) Registration Ordinance.
Marriage notice should be written and attested in duplicate and handed over to the Registrar of marriages of the division
Persons authorized to attest marriage notice;
1. Registrar of marriages of the division
2. Justice of peace
3. Notary public
4. A Minister
Requirements for submitting a marriage notice:
1. Requirement of residence of the parties in the relevant division.
  - Residence of parties in the relevant division within 10 days preceding submission of the marriage notice.
  - Residence of parties in different divisions within 10 days preceding submission of the marriage notice.
  - If one party was not living in Sri Lanka within 10 days preceding submission of the marriage notice, residence of the other party in Sri Lanka for such 10 days.
  - If none of the parties had not been living in Sri Lanka within 10 days preceding submission of the marriage notice, residence of one party for 04 days in Sri Lanka.
2. Completion of age of 18 yrs. by both parties as at their previous birth day.
3. The parties should not have any kind of relationship prohibited in law.
4. No party should have entered into any legal marriage which is valid at the time.
14 days should be lapsed since submission of marriage notice for registration of a marriage(general). Possibility prevails to register general marriage before lapse of such 14 days.
Request may be made in order to register a marriage outside the office.
Fees chargeable by the Registrar for registration of a marriage is as follows.

No.	Duty	Payable to Whom	Payable by Whom	Amount	Payment Type
1	Entering a notice of marriage at Registrar’s office or at any other place	Registrar	Applicant	100.00	Cash
2	Entering a notice of marriage at Additional District Registrar's Office or District Registrar's office or at any other place	Additional District Registrar or District Registrar	Applicant	100.00	Cash
3	Issuing Registrar's certificate on a notice of marriage	Registrar	Parties to marriage	100.00	Cash
4	Issuing Registrar's certificate on a notice of marriage	Additional District Registrar or District Registrar	Parties to marriage	100.00	Cash
5	Solemnizing marriage in Registrar’s office	Registrar	Parties to marriage	750.00	Cash
6	Solemnizing marriage in Additional District Registrar's or District Registrar's office	Additional District Registrar or District Registrar	Parties to marriage	750.00	Cash
7	Solemnizing marriage outside the Registrar’s office under section 38(1) or 38(2)	Registrar	Parties to marriage	750.00	Cash
7		Additional District Registrar or District Registrar	Parties to marriage	50.00	Cash
8	Solemnizing marriage outside the Additional District Registrar or District Registrar's office under section 38(1) or 38(2)	Additional District Registrar or District Registrar	Parties to marriage	750.00	Cash
8		Additional District Registrar or District Registrar	Parties to marriage	50.00	Cash
9	Obtaining a special license under section 27(3)	Government	Parties to marriage	100.00	Cash
10	Registration of marriage solemnized in registered place of public worship	District Registrar	Parties to marriage	750.00	Cash