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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Marriages and civil unions - Overseas divorce or dissolution certificate

63: Registrar-General may record receipt of overseas divorce or dissolution information

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"Registrar-General records overseas divorce or dissolution information"

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You can get a divorce or dissolution certificate from overseas. The Registrar-General gets this certificate and records it. They write down that they got the certificate and what it says. You get this certificate as per section 62. The Registrar-General is not responsible for checking if the certificate is real. They are not responsible for checking if the information on it is correct. The Registrar-General can also record information from overseas about a divorce or dissolution. They are not responsible for checking if this information is correct.

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Part 2Registration of information
Marriages and civil unions: Overseas divorce or dissolution certificate

63Registrar-General may record receipt of overseas divorce or dissolution information

  1. The Registrar-General must, on receiving an overseas divorce or dissolution certificate provided in accordance with section 62, record in the registry—

  2. that the Registrar-General has received a divorce or dissolution certificate that was issued outside New Zealand; and
    1. the information contained in the divorce or dissolution certificate.

      1. However, the Registrar-General is not responsible for the authenticity of a certificate provided under section 62 in relation to the dissolution of a marriage outside New Zealand or for the accuracy of any information contained in it.

      2. The Registrar-General may also record in the registry that the Registrar-General has received information from an overseas registration authority in respect of a divorce or dissolution that occurred outside New Zealand, but is not responsible for the accuracy of the information.