•  A marriage can be celebrated by a civil celebrant at any time of the day.  •  The venue must be in Hong Kong. It must not be a place of worship licensed under the Marriage Ordinance or a marriage registry. It must be a place where marriages can be lawfully celebrated.  •  The stipulated procedures in the Ordinance shall form part of the ceremony. The form of the ceremony must not prejudice the solemnity of marriage. It must allow parties to make clear, audible statement when required to do so under the Ordinance.  •  The civil celebrant must provide you with a written notice of the fees to be charged.  •  Complete a notice of intended marriage and present your Hong Kong identity cards or travel documents and other supporting documents with copies of these documents to the civil celebrant.  •  You or your future spouse has to make affidavit before the civil celebrant.  •  You will have to pay to the Government a fee for filing and exhibition of the notice of intended marriage. The fee will be collected by the civil celebrant on behalf of the Government.  •  Before the wedding date, you will receive the Certificate of Registrar of Marriages from the civil celebrant indicating that the marriage is allowed to proceed.  •  Arrange with the civil celebrant to check the accuracy of the information on the marriage certificate.  •  Make sure 2 witnesses who have attained the age of 18 will attend the wedding ceremony.

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•  A civil celebrant shall perform his functions as regards celebration of marriage in such manner that does not undermine the due solemnity of marriage.  •  If a civil celebrant becomes aware that it is likely that he may not be able to perform any function as a civil celebrant, he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, inform either of the parties to the marriage concerned. If the parties to the marriage so request, the civil celebrant shall use reasonable endeavours to assist in finding another civil celebrant to perform the function concerned.  •  Before agreeing to celebrate a marriage, a civil celebrant shall give the parties to the marriage a notice in writing of:  1.  The amount of the fees he will charge for his service  2.  Where applicable, the method of calculation of such fees  3.  The time and manner of payment of such fees; and  4.  The circumstances, if any, in which fees paid will be or will not be refunded.  •  Upon agreeing to celebrate a marriage, a civil celebrant shall provide to the parties to the marriage:  1.  A copy of the Code of Practice; and  2.  A copy of any information leaflet prepared by the Registrar of Marriages and specified by him for the purposes of this paragraph.  •  A civil celebrant shall not, without lawful justification, withhold any document from the parties to the marriage.  •  A civil celebrant shall not advertise his practice in such manner or suffer his practice to be advertised in such manner:  1.  That implies or suggests that the quality of the service provided by him is better that that of the service provided by any other civil celebrant; or  2.  That is capable of undermining the respect of the public for the office of civil celebrants.

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