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Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
A NUMBER of marriage officers face arrest for breaching marriage regulations, with three of them summoned over the issue by the Registrar General’s Office last week.
The RG’s Office said it has since forwarded some of the cases to the police for investigations.
The irregularities include failure to remit certificates to the Marriages Office at the RG’s Office.
The RG’s Office has since sought legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Office on what charges to prefer against the three marriage officers who were summoned last week.
“There are discrepancies discovered by the Registrar General’s Marriages Office,” said Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede.
“The matter has since been placed under police investigations.”
One of the officers kept marriage certificates of several couples since 2009 without getting the nuptials registered by the Marriages Office.
According to the regulations, the certificates are supposed to be submitted to the Marriages Office for registration within 30 days from the wedding date.
Late submission of the certificates creates room for bigamy and causes inconveniences to couples who intend to use marriage registers for other purposes.
Another officer is alleged to have plucked a marriage certificate from his book and gave it to another
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