Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 · Updated to 15 Dec 2018 · Part IV
31. Registration of foreign marriage by a person citizen of or domiciled in Malaysia
Feedback & supportWhere any person who is a citizen of or is domiciled in
Malaysia has contracted a marriage abroad, not being a marriage registered under section 26, such person shall—
within six months after the date of such marriage, appear before the nearest or most conveniently available Registrar abroad; and
register such marriage.
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Where before the expiry of six months under paragraph (1)(a), either or both parties return to Malaysia and the marriage was not registered, such person shall—
within six months of arrival in Malaysia, appear before any
Registrar; and
register such marriage.
A person who applies to register a marriage under subsection (1) or (1A) shall—
produce to such Registrar the certificate of such marriage or such evidence either oral or documentary as may satisfy the
Registrar that such marriage took place;
furnish such particulars as may be required by the Registrar for the due registration of such marriage; and
apply in the prescribed form for the registration of the marriage to be effected and subscribe the declaration therein.
A Registrar may dispense with the appearance of one of the parties to the marriage if he is satisfied that there exists good and sufficient reason for the absence of such party and in such case the entry in the marriage register shall include a statement of the reason for his or her absence.
Registrar
“Registrar” means a Registrar of Marriages appointed under this Act and includes the Registrar General, an Assistant Registrar General, a Superintendent Registrar, a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar of Marriages;
Upon the registration of any marriage under this section, the
Registrar shall deliver the triplicate copy of the register to the parties to the marriage and the original to the Registrar General and the duplicate to the Superintendent Registrar who shall cause such copies to be bound together to constitute the Foreign Marriages Register.
Registrar General
“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Marriages and includes a Deputy Registrar General of Marriages appointed under this Act.
Where the parties to a marriage required to be registered under this section have not appeared before a Registrar within the period as prescribed in subsection (1), the marriage may, upon application to the
Registrar, be registered by him on payment of such penalty as may be prescribed.
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