This person will usually be a registrar of marriages.

Goro announces the arrival of both the Grand Commissioner and the Registrar of marriages.

Seymour N. Whitter, a civil registrar of marriages for Hanover Parish, officiated.

Baha'i marriage is recognised under the laws of Singapore and the solemniser is appointed by the Registrar of Marriages.

The only requirement would be that the marriage would have to be registered with the Registrar of Marriages of the responsible government of the State.

'She's a decent woman who's had no chance to better herself,' he had said, on the day he invited Sarah to witness the simple ceremony before a registrar of marriages.

Getting married - documents to be produced (government, citizens and rights section) Completed notice forms, relevant documents, declarations and fees must go to the Registrar of Marriages in the district where the marriage is to take place.

In 2010, in W v Registrar of Marriages, Andrew Cheung J held that the references in the Marriage Ordinance to "man" and "women", properly interpreted, do not cover post-operative transsexual persons.

In 1979, the department took over from the Registrar General civil registration duties and the Director of Immigration was appointed as Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Marriages.

A marriage must be celebrated either in the presence of a clergyman of the Church of England, or (since 1836) of a Registrar of Marriages, or (since 1898) of an 'authorized person', who is usually the minister authorized by the trustees of a Nonconformist place of worship.