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 31: Registration and returns of marriages solemnized by Clergymen of Church of Scotland.
    Every Clergyman of the Church of Scotland shall keep a register of marriages,
     and shall register therein, according to the tabular form set forth in the Third Schedule hereto annexed, every marriage which he solemnizes under this Act,
     and shall forward quarterly to the 1[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages], through the Senior Chaplain of the Church of Scotland, returns, similar to those prescribed in section 29, of all such marriages.
    
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s. 30, for "Secretary to the Local Government".
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