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 34: Certificate to be forwarded to Marriages Registrar, copied and sent to Registrar General.
    The person solemnizing the marriage shall forthwith separate the certificate from the marriage-register-book and send it, within one month from the time of the solemnization, to the Marriage Registrar of the district in which the marriage was solemnized, or, if there be more Marriage Registrars than one, to the Senior Marriage Registrar,
     who shall cause such certificate to be copied into a book to be kept by him for that purpose,
     and shall send all the certificates which he has received during the month, with such number and signature or initials added thereto as are hereinafter required, to the 1[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s. 30, for "Secretary to the Local Government".
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