Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry warns against unregistered marriage services
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- Abu Rokhmad, director general at Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry, warned against increasingly promoted unregistered marriage services on social media.
- He urged eligible couples to marry officially through the Religious Affairs Office, or KUA.
- The ministry said certificates or marriage books issued by private agencies, even if presented as government documents, have no legal force.
Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry is warning the public not to be tempted by unregistered marriage services that have recently spread across social media.
Abu Rokhmad, the ministry’s director general for Islamic community guidance, said Tuesday in Jakarta that advertisements offering such services had gone viral. He urged people who meet the legal requirements and marriage age to conduct their marriage officially through the Religious Affairs Office, known as the KUA.
We have observed that on social media, services advertising and providing services to people who want to marry unregistered have gone viral.
Abu said an unregistered marriage has no legal force. That remains the case even if a couple receives a document claimed to prove the marriage from the service provider.
Even if they receive proof of marriage from an agency, that agency is not a government official or an authorized party to register the marriage.
“Even if they receive proof of marriage from an agency, that agency is not a government official or an authorized party to register the marriage,” he said.
The ministry also cautioned people against offers of marriage books or certificates allegedly issued by the Religious Affairs Ministry. Abu said such documents still have no legal force when they come from unauthorized providers.
Even if people are promised a marriage book or certificate that appears to have been issued by the Religious Affairs Ministry, the certificate or marriage book still has no legal force.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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