Section 20
Power to prohibit by notice issue of certificate.
The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the solemnization in India of the marriages of Christians.
Every person whose consent to a marriage is
required under section 19, is hereby authorized to prohibit the issue of the certificate by any Minister, at
any time before the issue of the same, by notice in writing to such Minister, subscribed by the person so
authorized with his or her name and place of abode and position with respect to either of the persons
intending marriage, by reason of which he or she is so authorized as aforesaid.