All marriages hereafter solemnized in {Subs by Act 3 of 1951, section.3 and Schedule., for "a Part A State or a Part C State ".} [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 {As to the establishment of general registry offices of births, deaths and marriages, see the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 (6 of 1886), Ch.II.} in manner hereinafter prescribed.
Section 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.
Section 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 {Subs by Act of 1886, s.30(b), for " Secretary to the L.G ".} [Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages].
Section 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 person and according to the form of 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 {Subs by Act of 1886, section.30 (b), for " Secretary to the L. G ".} [Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages] returns of the entries of all marriages registered by him during the three months next preceding.
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 {Subs by Act of 1886, section.30 (b), for " Secretary to the L. G ".} [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.
Section 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-registerbook 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.
Section 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.
Section 34 - Certificate to be forwarded to Marriage 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 {Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, section.30(b), for "secretary to the L.G.".} [Registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages].
Section 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 enter said book, according to the order in which he receives each certificate.
Section 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 {Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s.30 (b), for " Secretary to the L. G.".} [Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages].
Section 37 - Registration of marriages between Indian Christians, by persons referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of section 5
When any marriage between {Subs. by the A.O.1950, for " Native ".} [Indian] Christians is solemnized {Subs. by Act 18 of 1928, s.2 and Sch. I, for " under Part I or Part III of this Act".} 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 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 {Subs. by Act 6 of 1886, s.30(b), for " Secretary to the L. G.".} [Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages,] to be kept by him with the records of his office.