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5 minutes to get married, Self-service wedding terminals spark debate
Published on: 2021-02-26
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Some cities in East China's Jiangsu Province sparked debate on social media on Thursday by offering self-service terminals for local marriage registration procedures, a move that can shorten the process from 15-20 minutes to about five minutes. Netizens worry it may weaken the sense of ceremony of marriage, leading to hasty weddings.
 

To get a marriage certificate, a new couple need only scan their identity documents, including ID cards and hukou (household registration) booklets, and then input their basic information, said a staffer at the Xinghua marriage registration center in the city of Taizhou.
 

"It's as convenient as buying a train ticket," the staffer said.
 

Chinese netizens nonetheless had a cold response to the machine, with many Weibo users grumbling that such an overly simple process "kills the sense of sacredness in getting married."
 

"I prefer the previous manual process: A registration staffer gave me the certificate with both hands and said 'congratulations'," one user wrote. "I like that human touch."
 

The self-service terminal also sparked concerns on possible hasty, impulsive marriages. "It may mislead some young people into thinking that marriage is an easy and trifling matter," wrote another Weibo user.
 

Some netizens worried as well that the process may lead to fraud. "What if people who have intellectual or psychological disorders are deceived into scanning their materials?" one wrote. "They may not even know what is happening."
 

结婚只要5分钟

“好方便!不知道离婚有没有自助机?”
 

“结婚不需要仪式感了吗?人情味儿又少了……”
 

近日,一些地方推出“结婚登记自助领证机”的新闻引发网友热议。在试点地区,通过登记终端,新人们自助完成扫描身份证和户口本、人脸识别、录入信息、审核等步骤后即可领证,最快5分钟。而此前人工办理婚姻登记,全程需15分钟左右。
 

我国《婚姻登记条例》规定,内地居民结婚,男女双方应当共同到一方当事人常住户口所在地的婚姻登记机关办理登记。虽然自助领证的合法性受到一些网友质疑,但只要自助领证机设在登记机关,且领证机可以完成审查证件、证明材料,询问情况等相关事项,很难说这样的试点突破了现行规定。疑问在于,既然当面审核被取消了,要求双方亲到自登记机关办证的必要性也就不那么突出了,再进一步,异地办证也未尝不可,这与《条例》的基本精神似乎不太协调。
 

从法律性质看,人身关系不同于财产关系。我们在登记或修改身份证、户口本、姓名等个人和家庭信息的时候,往往需要本人亲自到有关部门面对面办理;法院处理离婚、抚养、赡养等纠纷,一般也要求当事人亲自到庭,原则上不会缺席判决。随着技术进步,虽然现在大量财产方面的事务都能自助办理,但涉及大额交易或重大事项时,往往还是要“面签”。而婚姻作为人身属性最强的一种法律关系,一旦把登记手续完全交给机器,技术上是否存在风险?价值取向上是否过于偏重效率了?上述网友的质疑不无道理。同时,试点地有关人员所说的年轻人初婚年龄延迟、离婚率高等问题,显然不是结婚手续缩短10分钟就可以解决的。

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