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What form does a marriage ceremony take in Scotland?

There is no legally prescribed form of words to be used in relation to 'marriage vows' in Scotland. The attached is a guide to the form a civil marriage ceremony might take (Civil Marriage - Example of the Form of Ceremony 61 Kb pdf file) and registrars are more than happy to confirm in advance the form of words to be used during the ceremony. In a religious marriage ceremony, the approved celebrant must not solemnise a marriage except in accordance with a form of ceremony which includes and is no way inconsistent with

1. a declaration by the parties, in the presence of each other, the celebrant and two witnesses, that they accept each other as husband and wife; and
2. a declaration by the celebrant, after the foregoing declaration, that the parties are then husband and wife.

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