Formalities

The documents required for each spouse for the legal procedures are :
• The first six pages of passport
• Birth certificate
• Divorce certificate (final decree)
• Divorced or widowed getting married within 10 months of the divorce pronouncement/death of spouse will require a certificate of non pregnancy issued by a medical practitioner in Mauritius ( at clients’ expenses)
• Deed poll in case of name change ( official document legally stamped stating the change of name )
• If a widow or a widower, the death certificate
• If under 18 years of age, proof of parents’ consent
(an affidavit)
• Adoption documents if has been adopted
• The form “ Application to marry for non – citizens “ filled and signed by the couple
• The legal documents should be legally translated in English or French.
• All the above mentionned documents ( copies ) + the application form filled and signed should be sent to Mautourco at least 8 weeks before the wedding day.
• The couple should be in possession of original documents for the legal formalities in Mauritius.

Important:
The couple should bring along originals of their civil status documents, whose date of issue shall not be more than 3 months, for verification purposes at the Central Civil Status, Port-Louis.
However, where any party cannot produce any civil status documents, he may instead produce an affidavit sworn in this country of residence or in such form as the Registrar of Civil Status may approve.

Wedding day must be fixed when sending all relative documents and must be confirmed by the registrar office and the hotel.

Physical presence of both parties is required on the island 72 hours before the wedding as the banns have to be published and formalities have to be done by both parties at the Registrar’s office.
The date of the legal formalities will be confirmed in advance to the agency by the Wedding Co-coordinator. Dress Code on date of the formalities : Casual smart (No slippers / no shorts etc).
No shopping done on the date of the official formalities.
Weddings are not celebrated on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
• The exact wedding time will be confirmed on the date of the formalities.
• You will find hereunder information about the various matrimonial systems proposed.
• In case clients decide to make a marriage contract, they will have to bring the original contract in Mauritius to present on the date of the formalities.

We should be informed of the exact nationalities of the clients at time of booking as there might
be additional procedures to perform / supplement to pay to the concerned Embassy/Consulate for
their assistance.
Italian Citizens:
The Consul needs to meet the couple at the hotel after the civil wedding in front of the Mauritian’s authorities for additional procedures in regards to the legalization of the wedding in Italy. The rates for the Transfer of the Consul to and from the hotel will be at Rs 1,600 .
The clients should settle this amount directly to the Consul.
After the appointment at the hotel, the apostilled wedding certificate /copies of the wedding documents will be sent to the Consulate of Italy in Mauritius to be officialised.
Then all relevant documents will be sent to the Italian Consulate in Pretoria for additional procedures and then to Italy. This procedure is compulsory and will take at least 6 months. Nominal fee applies for these formalities.
French citizens:
Clients should send original documents / requested forms to the French Embassy in Mauritius 2 months before the ceremony.
Address:
14 St Georges St, Port Louis
T: +230 202 0100
The couple will have to go back to the French Embassy at least 3 working days after the ceremony to collect their family book.
This procedure is compulsory for the registration of the wedding in France.

Swiss citizens:
After the civil wedding the wedding certificate / documents will be sent to the Embassy of Switzerland in South Africa and afterwards to Switzerland in order to register the wedding . This procedure is compulsory and will take at least 6 months. Nominal fee applies for these formalities.

•The mass of the common property consists of “acquisitions” that is the whole of the property either movable or immovable acquired as from the date of the marriage by either of the spouses and which the law does not expressly consider as personal property. (It consists mainly of property purchased with money derived from the incomes or salaries of the spouses).
•Personal property includes immovable property which belonged to either of the spouses prior to the marriage or which accrued to that spouse by succession or donation after the date of the marriage. It will remain the exclusive property of the spouse to whom it belonged or to whom it accrued by way of inheritance or donation.
(b) Under the system of the legal community of goods the administration of personal property differs from the administration of common property, that is:-
- each spouse has the usufruct and free disposition of his/her personal property.
- each spouse has the power to administer the common property which has been obtained from his /her work. For example, the wife freely administers her common property which is derived from her gains emoluments and profits whereas the husband administers all the other common property.

2. The legal system of separation of goods and property
To be governed by this system the spouses must clearly express their wish accordingly on the celebration of their marriage.
Under this system of separation of goods the husband or the wife retains the ownership of the property which he or she possessed prior to the marriage and those acquired during the marriage. Either spouse may administer such property and dispose of it freely without the intervention of the other spouse as if he/she were not married.
In the event of a divorce or legal separation, either spouse takes back his personal property. If the marriage is dissolved by death the property of the deceased spouse accrues to his heirs. There is no partition of property.

3. The marriage settlement embodied in a notorial deed
Prior to their marriage the future spouses may have a marriage contract drawn up by a Notary Public establishing the matrimonial system by which they wish to be governed (community of property limited to the “acquisitions”, a general community of property, separation of property ,ect….) and containing all stipulations considered desirable.

The future spouses are at liberty to choose an adequate matrimonial system that safeguards their respective rights provided there is no incompatibility with public order and morality.
It is obvious that because of the contractual liberty given to the spouses and the wide range of marriage systems available to them it is not possible for the Government to advise citizens beforehand as regards the hypothetical contents of such system.
The future spouses who wish to choose a system enshrined in a marriage contract should therefore seek information about the possibilities offered to them.