Act Number: 15

Act Name: The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872

Year: 1872

Enactment Date: 1872-07-18

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

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 30: Registration and returns of marriages solemnized by Clergymen of Church of Rome.
    Every marriage solemnized by a Clergyman of the Church of Rome shall be registered by the person and according to the form directed in that behalf by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese or Vicariate in which such marriage is solemnized,
     and such person shall forward quarterly to the 1[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages] returns of the entries of all marriages registered by him during the three months next preceding.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s. 30, for "Secretary to the Local Government"..
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