Certscates of marriages validated. by section

2 and register-books and certified ~0plds of true

and duly authenticated extracts therefrom depo-

sited in compliance with the provisions of the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872, shall, in so far as the register-b~~k~ and extracts relate to such marriages, be received, as evidence of such marria- ges as if such marriages had beell duly sokmnized under the said Act. Validation of records o the said irregular marriages.