Chapter II REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE

Every marriage contracted in the State on or after the appointed day shall be registered in the manner provided in this Act.

(1) For the purpose of this Act, the State government may, by notification, appoint, as may Registrars of Marriages as it thinks necessary for such area or areas as may be specified in the notification. (2) The Registrar shall maintain in the prescribed manner a register of marriage and such other registers as may be prescribed.

1. (2) The Registrar shall maintain in the prescribed manner a register of marriage and such other registers as may be prescribed.

(1) The parties to a marriage shall, prepare and sign a memorandum in the form specified in Schedule A and deliver or send by registered post the said memorandum in duplicate to the Registrar or the area in which the marriage was contracted, within a period of thirty days from the date of marriage. (2) The memorandum shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee in the form of court fee stamps and shall be attested by a prescribed person. (3) On receipt of the memorandum, the Registrar shall file the same, enter the particulars thereof in the register, send the duplicate copy thereof to the Registrar General and issue a marriage certificate in such form and manner as may be prescribed.

1. (2) The memorandum shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee in the form of court fee stamps and shall be attested by a prescribed person.
2. (3) On receipt of the memorandum, the Registrar shall file the same, enter the particulars thereof in the register, send the duplicate copy thereof to the Registrar General and issue a marriage certificate in such form and manner as may be prescribed.

The Registrar may suo-motu or otherwise issue notice to the parties to a marriage which has not been registered under this Act, to appear before him and get the memorndum of marriage signed and delivered with the prescribed fee in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the notice.

1. (2) On receipt of a memorandum under sub-section (1) the Registrar shall file the same, enter the particulars thereof in the register, send the duplicate copy thereof to the Registrar General and issue the marriage certificate as provided in section 5.
2. (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall affect the liability of any person under the provisions of section 17.

The register maintained under this Act shall, at all reasonable times, be open to inspection and certified extracts therefrom shall, on application, be given by the Registrar on payment of the prescribed fee. The entries in the memorandum or the register or the certified extract thereof or the marriage certificate issued under section 5 or section 6 shall be admissible in evidence and be proof of the statement contained therein.

No marriage contracted in the State shall be deemed to be invalid solely by reason of the fact that it was not registered under this Act or that the memorandum was not delivered or sent to the Registrar or that such memorandum was defective, irregular or incorrect.