Section 54:
Registration of marriages solemnized under part V.
After the solemnization of any marriage
under this Part, the Marriage Registrar present at such solemnization shall forthwith register the marriage
in duplicate; that is to say, in a marriage-register-book, according to the form of the Fourth Schedule
hereto annexed, and also in a certificate attached to the marriage-register-book as a counterfoil.
The entry of such marriage in both the certificates and the marriage-register-book shall be signed by
the person by or before whom the marriage has been solemnized, if there be any such person, and by the
Marriage Registrar present at such marriage, whether or not it is solemnized by him, and also by the
parties married, and attested by two credible witnesses other than the Marriage Registrar and person
solemnizing the marriage.
Every such entry shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of the book, and the number of
the certificate shall correspond with that of the entry in the marriage-register-book.