NSO requires marriage solemnizing officers to attend seminar
by Flor Jackson
Naval, Biliran (October 24) -- In order to equip the solemnizing officers with the necessary knowledge relevant to their work as authorities who can solemnize marriage, a two-day orientation seminar will be jointly conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) Biliran Provincial Branch and the Association of Biliran Civil Registry Personnel (ABCRP) on November 27-28, 2007.
This was revealed by Rose Marie Lumbre, Provincial Statistics Officer of Biliran in a communication sent to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Biliran Provincial Information Center recently.
She informed that Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2007 or the Implementing Rules and Regulations governing the registration of authorities to slemnize marriage with the Civil Registrar General provides that for marriage solemnizing officers to be issued a Certficate of Registration Authority to Solemnize Marriage or CRASM, he has to attend an orientation seminar conducted by the NSO.
She added that the attendance of the marriage solemnizing officers to the said seminar ensures that every solemnizing officer with a valid CRASM will be equipped with the knowledge about marriage laws and other related laws.
Furthermore, she said that the two-day seminar intended for the marriage solemnizing officers will likewise equip the participants with the knowledge on marriage registration procedures and likewise the registration procedures of the authority of the solmenizing officer to solemnize marriage.
For those who are interested to attend the seminar, they may get in touch with the nearest Local Civil Registrar on or before November 7, 2007 to signify their intention to attend the activity or they may visit or call the provincial office of the NSO in Biliran through telephone number 500-9723. (PIA-Biliran) [top]
