Where the other party of the marriage disputes in the application or his her whereabouts is unknown , the applicant may apply for post - registration of marriage alone by producing a court order declaring that a customary or validated marriage subsists 如任何一方對(duì)申請(qǐng)?zhí)岢霎愖h或他她的下落不明,申請(qǐng)人可以在出示法庭命令聲明該段舊式婚姻或認(rèn)可婚姻確實(shí)存續(xù)后,單方面申請(qǐng)補(bǔ)辦婚姻登記。