Legal basis: Article 1046 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Marriage should be completely voluntary by both men and women, and it is forbidden for either party to force the other, and no organization or individual may interfere.
Article 1047
The age of marriage should not be earlier than 22 for men and 20 for women.
Article 1048
Lineal blood relatives or collateral blood relatives within three generations are prohibited from getting married.
Article 1049
Both men and women who want to get married should apply for marriage registration in person at the marriage registration office. Those who meet the requirements of this law shall be registered and issued a marriage certificate. The marriage relationship is established when the marriage registration is completed. Those who have not registered for marriage shall re-register.
Article 1050
After registered marriage, according to the agreement between men and women, the woman can become a member of the man's family, and the man can become a member of the woman's family.
What is the process of getting married?
1, application.
Married men and women must apply for marriage registration at the marriage registration office where one party's household registration is located with their ID cards, household registration certificates, photos, and marital status certificates issued by their units or villagers' committees. When a divorced person applies for remarriage, he should also hold a divorce certificate. Where premarital health examination is carried out, the parties applying for marriage must also go to the designated medical and health institutions for premarital health examination and submit the certificate of premarital health examination to the marriage registration authority.
2. review.
The marriage registration authority must carefully examine the identity certificate, household registration certificate and unit certificate of the parties concerned, ask the parties concerned, conduct necessary investigations or designate items for medical appraisal, so as to find out whether the parties meet the conditions for marriage.
Step 3 register
After a comprehensive review, the marriage registration authority considers that it meets the conditions for marriage, it shall grant registration and issue a marriage certificate; Those who do not meet the requirements shall not be registered, and the reasons shall be explained to the parties. If the parties who apply for marriage cannot obtain the required documents due to the interference of their units or others, and it is found that they really meet the conditions for marriage, the marriage registration authority shall also grant registration and issue a marriage certificate. After the marriage is registered, the woman can become a member of the man's family and the man can also become a member of the woman's family according to the agreement between the man and the woman.