Section 82
State Government to prescribe fees.
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.
Fees shall be chargeable under this Act for--
receiving and publishing notices of marriages;
issuing 1[certificates for marriage] by Marriage Registrars, and registering marriages by the same;
entering protests against, or prohibitions of, the issue of 2[certificates for marriage] by the said Registrars;
searching register-books or certificates, or duplicates, of copies thereof;
giving copies of entries in the same under sections 63 and 79.
The State Government shall fix the amount of such fees respectively,
and may from time to time vary or remit them either generally or in special cases, as to it may seem fit.
receiving and publishing notices of marriages;
issuing 1[certificates for marriage] by Marriage Registrars, and registering marriages by the same;
entering protests against, or prohibitions of, the issue of 2[certificates for marriage] by the said Registrars;
searching register-books or certificates, or duplicates, of copies thereof;
giving copies of entries in the same under sections 63 and 79.
The State Government shall fix the amount of such fees respectively,
and may from time to time vary or remit them either generally or in special cases, as to it may seem fit.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 1 of 1903, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "certificates of marriage".
2. Subs. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid., for "marriage certificates".
2. Subs. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid., for "marriage certificates".