[1] Marriage records in Singapore date back to the year 1875.
On 15 September 1961, Civil Marriages came into force under the legislation.
[1] ROM was originally located in Fort Canning Park, opposite Park Mall Shopping Centre, but moved in 1983 to its current premises at Canning Rise.
Part of the mission of ROM is to administer the Women Charter Act in civil marriages.
ROM is an agency of the Ministry of Social and Family Development.