27. Marriages when to be registered.—All marriages hereafter solemnized in 2
[India] between
persons one or both of whom professes or profess the Christian religion, except marriages solemnized
under Part V or Part VI of this Act, shall be registered in manner hereinafter prescribed.
28. Registration of marriages solemnized by Clergymen of Church of England.—Every
Clergyman of the Church of England 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.
29. Quarterly returns to Archdeaconry.—Every Clergyman of the Church of England shall send
four times in every year returns in duplicate, authenticated by his signature, of the entries in the register of
marriages solemnized at any place where he has any spiritual charge, to the Registrar of the Archdeaconry
to which he is subject, or within the limits of which such place is situate.
Contents of returns.—Such quarterly returns shall contain all the entries of marriages contained in
the said register from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of March, from the first day of April,
to the thirtieth day of June, from the first day of July, to the thirtieth day of September, and from the first
day of October to the thirty-first day of December, of each year, respectively, and shall be sent by such
Clergyman, within two weeks from the expiration of each of the quarters above specified.
The said Registrar upon receiving the said returns shall send one copy thereof to the 3
[Registrar
General of Births, Deaths and Marriages].
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
1. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Native Christians”.
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for “a Part A State or a Part C State”.
3. Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s. 30, for “Secretary to the Local Government.”.
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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.
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.
32. Certain marriages to be registered in duplicate.—Every marriage solemnized by any person
who has received episcopal ordination, but who is not a Clergyman of the Church of England, or of the
Church of Rome, or by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages, shall
immediately after the solemnization thereof, be registered in duplicate by the person solemnizing the
same; (that is to say) in a marriage-register book to be kept by him for that purpose, according to the form
contained in the Fourth Schedule hereto annexed, and also in a certificate attached to the
marriage-register-book as a counterfoil.
33. Entries of such marriages to be signed and attested.—The entry of such marriage in both the
certificate and marriage-register-book shall be signed by the person solemnizing the marriage, and also by
the persons married, and shall be attested by two credible witnesses, other than the person solemnizing
the marriage, present at its solemnization.
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.
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].
35. Copies of certificates to be entered and numbered.—Such copies shall be entered in order from
the beginning to the end of the said book, and shall bear both the number of the certificate as copied, and
also a number to be entered by the Marriage Registrar, indicating the number of the entry of the said copy
in the said book, according to the order in which he receives each certificate.
36. Registrar to add number of entry to certificate, and send to Registrar General.—The
Marriage Registrar shall also add such last-mentioned number of the entry of the copy in the book to the
certificate, with his signature or initials, and shall, at the end of every month, send the same to the
1
[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages].
37. Registration of marriages between Indian Christians, by persons referred to in clauses (1),
(2) and (3) of section 5.—When any marriage between 2
[Indian Christians] is solemnized 3
[by any such
person, Clergyman or Minister of Religion as is referred to in clause (1), clause (2) or clause (3) of
section 5], the person solemnizing the same shall, instead of proceeding in the manner provided by
sections 28 to 36, both inclusive, register the marriage in a separate register-book, and shall keep it safely
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s. 30, for “Secretary to the Local Government.”.
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Native Christians”.
3. Subs. by Act 18 of 1928, s. 2 and the first Schedule, for “under Part I or Part III or this Act”.
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until it is filled, or, if he leave the district in which he solemnized the marriage before the said book is
filled, shall make over the same to the person succeeding to his duties in the said district.
Custody and disposal of register-book.—Whoever has the control of the book at the time when it is
filled, shall send it to the Marriage Registrar of the district, or, if there be more Marriage Registrars than
one, to the Senior Marriage Registrar, who shall send it to the 1
[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and
Marriages,] to be kept by him with the records of his office.