The State Government may appoint, either by name or by virtue of their office, any person or persons as it thinks necessary, to be Registrars of Marriages for such local areas as it may specify.

Memorandum of marriage MEMORANDUM OF MARRIAGE :-

1. (1) The parties to a marriage to which section 3 applies, shall prepare and sign a memorandum in the form as may be prescribed and shall deliver or send by registered post the said memorandum in duplicate to the Registrar of the area. within a period of thirty days from the date of the marriage.
2. (2) The memorandum shall also be signed by the bride and the bridegroom and two witnesses on each side of the bride and the bridegroom.
3. (3) The memorandum shall be accompanied with a fee as may be prescribed.
4. (4) The Registrar shall maintain a register of such marriages in such form as may be prescribed, and on receipt of the memorandum, he shall file the same in the register and shall also send the duplicate copy thereof to the Registrar Genera of marriages.