Meeting of Registrar-General and Licence Holders of Marriages under Christian Marriage Act

To facilitate the marriages under the Christian Marriage Act, the meeting between the Registrar-General and the Licence Holders of Marriages was held in person and virtually at the Meeting Room of the office of the Union Judiciary Supervision of the Supreme Court of the Union on 25 February.

Registrar-General Daw Tin Nwe Soe, Director-General of the Union Judiciary Supervision, delivered her opening address on: granting licences by the Supreme Court of the Union to Ministers of Religion and any Christian to solemnize marriages under Sections 6 and 9 of the Christian Marriage Act; appointing Registrar-General and Registrars of Marriages under Section 7; issuing notification and directives for application licences and solemnizing the marriages; issuance of the Directive 1/2026 to solemnize the marriages for prevention to deception of fake-marriage of foreigners with Myanmar women during their short stay in some trafficking in persons cases; and facilitating and solemnizing of marriage process under the law. And Deputy Director-General U Aung Kyaw Moe and Director Daw Thuzar Aung explained the legal processes and issues, and a Q&A session was held between the discussants and participants.

At the meeting, 15 licence holders under the Christian Marriage Act attended in person, and four licence holders via videoconferencing. The meeting then concluded.

MNA

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