Section 71

Issuing certificate, or marrying, without publication of notice; Marrying after expiry of notice; Solemnizing, marriage with minor within fourteen days, without authority of Court, or without sending copy of notice; issuing certificate against authorized prohibition

The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872

  • Act 15 of 1872
  • Ministry of Law and Justice
  • Legislative Department
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the solemnization in India of the marriages of Christians.

All sections
    A Marriage Registrar under this Act, who commits any of the following offences:--
     (1) knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage, or solemnizes any marriage, without publishing the notice of such marriage as directed by this Act;
     1[(2)marrying after expiry of notice.-- after the expiration of two months after the copy of the notice has been entered as required by section 40 in respect of any marriage, solemnizes such marriage;]
     (3) solemnizing marriage with minor within fourteen days, without authority of Court, or without sending copy of notice.-- solemnizes, without an order of a competent Court authorizing him to do so, any marriage, when one of the parties is a minor, before the expiration of fourteen days after the receipt of the notice of such marriage, or without sending, by the post or otherwise, a copy of such notice to the Senior Marriage Registrar of the district if there be more Marriage Registrars of the district than one, and if he himself be not the Senior Marriage Registrar;
     (4) issuing certificate against authorized prohibition.-- issues any certificate the issue of which has been prohibited, as in this Act provided, by any person authorized to prohibit the issue thereof,
     shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Notes

1. Subs. by Act 2 of 1891, s. 8(1), for clause (2).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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