Several leading churches in Ghana are contracting invalid relationships in the country and as such, persons which hold their marriage ceremonies, people not be recognized by law to get been married. This surprising revelation is contained in study conducted by Adden’s Technologies Limited, a private legal technologies firm that has revealed that will Ghana has only two, 771 licensed venues regarding recognized marriages. It was revealed that these churches though extremely popular are not recognized in view to the fact that venues or officiating ministers are not gazetted by the Attorney-General to become marriage officers and so such marriages are unacceptable under Section 74 from the Marriages Act 1884-1985, Cover 127. Project leader Attorney Naa Dromo Djarbeng that spoke to MyNewsGh. possuindo about the research indicated it turned out conducted a year ago and shockingly, names of prominent spiritual leaders and their church buildings emerged. She described relationships held at such locations as mere ceremonies with no legal effect just like 1st birthdays and ordinary parties. “We set out to find out if a few of these religious leaders and their particular and their churches or even venues were gazetted simply by Attorney-General to become marriage officials, shockingly it emerged which they were not. It therefore means that marriages they have officiated through the years are invalid”, she shockingly revealed. Click to See complete list of accredited marriage locations in Ghana
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