section 5
Power to make rules
The Jharkhand Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2017Chapter II REGISTRATION-AUTHORITIES
The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the following or other matters under this Act: (a) Regarding submission of online application for compulsory registration of marriage. (b) Regarding imposition of fees, fines, penalties, punishment under this Act and regarding receipts for payment of fees etc. (c) Regarding the conditions and circumstances when the entries of marriage registration are to be amended or cancelled. (d) For fixing any other matter required under this Act, all rules made under this Act shall be placed on the floor of the House at the earliest for the consent of the State Legislature. The State Government may by notification in the official Gazettee make rules for carring out the purposes of this Act for all any of the matter mentioned below. (a) The form of submitting online application for Compulsory Marriage Registration. (b) The fee, fine and penalty to be paid under this Act and the manner of its payment. (c) The condition and circumstances in which entries may be corrected or cancelled regarding marriage registration. (d) Any other matter required to be prescribed by or under this Act. Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be before the State Legislature for its approval. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette designate an officer as Registrar General of Marriages for the State of Jharkhand to monitor and review the effective implementation of this Act. 2) The State Government shall also appoint such other officers with such designations as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging duties under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar General and such other functions of the Registrar General under this Act as he may, from time to time, authorize them to discharge. (3) The Registrar General shall be the chief executive authority in the state for carrying into execution the provisions of this Act and the rules and orders made there under subject to the directions, if any, given by the state Government. (4) The Registrar General shall take steps, by the issue of suitable instructions or order, to co-ordinate, and supervise the work of registration of marriages in the State and for securing an efficient system for Marriage Registration within the state.
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