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 55: Certificates to be sent monthly to Registrar General.
    The Marriage Registrar shall forthwith separate the certificate from the marriage-register-book and send it, at the end of every month, to the 1[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages].
     Custody of register-book.The Marriage Registrar shall keep safely the said register-book until it is filled, and shall then send it to the 1[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages], to be kept by him with the records of his office.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s. 30, for "Secretary to the Local Government".
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