Marriage Recorders to send periodical returns to Chief Marriage Recorder for compilation

(1) Every Sub-Divisional Marriage Recorder shall send to the District Marriage Recorder, Chief Marriage Recorder or to any officer specified by him, at such intervals and in such form as may be prescribed, a return regarding the entries of marriages in the register kept by such Recorder. (2) The Chief Marriage Recorder shall cause the information in the return furnished by the Sub-Divisional Marriage Recorder to be compiled and shall publish for the information of the public a statistical report on marriages recorded during the year at such intervals and in such form as may be prescribed. (3) Every marriage recorded under this Act shall be presumed to be valid marriage unless and until the contrary is proved. (4) The Register of Marriages maintained under this Act shall at all reasonable time be open to inspection and a certificate in Form 'C' shall be given to the party concerned or any person authorized by them on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.