Section 32
Certain marriages to be registered in duplicate.
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 marriage solemnized by any person
who has received episcopal ordination, but who is not a Clergyman of the Church of England, or of the
Church of Rome, or by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages, shall
immediately after the solemnization thereof, be registered in duplicate by the person solemnizing the
same; (that is to say) in a marriage-register book to be kept by him for that purpose, according to the form
contained in the Fourth Schedule hereto annexed, and also in a certificate attached to the
marriage-register-book as a counterfoil.