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Chapter VI

Supplementary Provisions

Article 30 For marriage registration certificates and marriage relationship certificates mentioned in these Regulations, the civil affairs department under the State Council shall decide their unified forms and civil affairs departments of people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall print them.

Article 31 Any party shall pay the costs for taking out the marriage registration certificate and marriage relationship certificate. The cost standard shall be set by the civil affairs department under the State Council in consultation with relevant departments.

Article 32 People's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may formulate proper restrictions upon marriages between persons below the legally marriageable age.

Article 33 People's governments of national autonomous areas may, in accordance with the principles of these Regulations and the actual practices of the local nationalities with regard to the control of marriage registration, formulate adaptive or supplementary provisions.

Article 34 These Regulations shall come into effect on the date of its promulgation. The Procedures for Marriage Registration, approved by the State Council on December 31, 1985 and promulgated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on March 15, 1986, shall be invalidated on the same day.

Notice: In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.

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