From the date of the coming into force of this Act, every marriage contracted in the State shall be registered in the manner provided in section 5 or, as the case may be, section 6.

Memorandum of marriage 5. The parties to a marriage shall prepare a memorandum in the Form specified in the Schedule and shall deliver or send by registered post the said memorandum in duplicate to the Registrar of the area where marriage is contracted, within a period of thirty days from the date of the marriage.