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Home Bare Acts Phrase: solemnizationChristian Marriage Act1872 Part IV
Title: Registration of Marriages Solemnized by Ministers of Religion
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....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 ".....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionForeign Marriage Act, 1969 Chapter II
Title: Solemnization of Foreign Marriages
State: Central
Year: 1969
.....certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized, and that al! formalities respecting the residence of the party concerned previous to the marriage and the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. Section 15 - Validity of foreign marriages in India Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, a marriage solemnized in the manner provided in this Act shall be good and valid in law. Section 16 - New notice when marriage not solemnized within six months Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within six months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required under section 5 or where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10, or where an appeal has been preferred to the Central Government under section 11, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government in such case or appeal, as the case may be, the notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part V
Title: Marriages Solemnized By, or in the Presence Of, a Marriage Registrar
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....of such notice having been given and of such oath having been made : Proviso.- Provided that no lawful impediment be shown to his satisfaction why such certificate should not issue ; that the issue of such certificate has not been forbidden, in manner hereinafter mentioned, by any person authorized in that behalf by this Act ; that four days after the receipt of the notice have expired ; and further, that where, by such oath, it appears that one of the parties intending marriage is a minor, fourteen days after the entry of such notice have expired. Section 42 - Oath before issue of certificate The certificate mentioned in section 41 shall not be issued by any Marriage Registrar, until one of the parties intending marriage appears personally before such Marriage Registrar, and makes oath {As to the meaning of " oath ", see the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section.3(37) and section.4.}--- (a) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or affinity, or other lawful hindrance, to the said marriage, and (b) that both the parties have, or (where they have dwelt in the districts of different Marriage Registrars) that the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSpecial Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter II
Title: Solemnization of Special Marriages
State: Central
Year: 1954
.....to the marriage and the three witnesses. (2) On a certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. Section 14 - New notice when marriage not solemnized within three months Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within three calendar months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required by section 5, or where an appeal has been filed under sub-section (2) of section 8, within three months from the date of the decision of the district court on such appeal or, where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government, the notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer shall solemnize the marriage until a new notice has been given in the manner laid down in this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part III
Title: Marriages Solemnized by Ministers of Religion Licensed Under This Act
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....the expiration of four days after the date of the receipt of the notice by such Minister ; (2) that no lawful impediment be shown to his satisfaction why such certificate should not issue ; and (3) that the issue of such certificate has not been forbidden, in manner hereinafter mentioned, by any person authorized in that behalf. Section 18 - Declaration before issue of certificate The certificate mentioned in section 17 shall not be issued until one of the persons intending marriage has appeared personally before the Minister and made a solemn declaration (a) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or affinity, or other lawful hindrance, to the said marriage, and, when either or both of the parties is or are a minor or minors, (b) that the consent or consents required by law has or have been obtained thereto, or that there is no person resident in India having authority to give such consent, as the case may be. Section 19 - Consent of father, or guardian, or mother The father, if living, of any minor, or, if the father be dead, the guardian of the person of such minor, and, in case there be no such guardian, then the mother of such.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part I
Title: The Persons by Whom Marriages May Be Solemnized
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....any person licensed under this Act to grant certificates of marriage between {Subs. by the A.O.1950, for "Native".} [Indian] Christians. {Subs. by Act 2 of 1891, s.1, for the original s.6 } Section 6 - Grant and revocation of licenses to solemnize marriages The State Government, so far as regards the territories under its administration, {The words "and the Central Government, so far as regards any Indian State" as amended by the A.O.1937 for the original words, were rep. by the A.O.1950.} may, by notification in the Official Gazette {The words "or in the Gazette of India, as the case may be" rep.by the A.O.1937.}, grant licenses to Ministers of Religion to solemnize marriages within such territories {The words "and State, respectively," rep. by the A.O.1950.} and may, by a like notification revoke such licenses.] Section 7 - Marriage Registrars The State Government may appoint one or more Christians, either by name or as holding any office for the time being, to be the Marriage Registrar or Marriage Registrars for any district subject to its administration. Senior Marriage Registrar.- Where there are more Marriage Registrars than one in any district, the State.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Section 73
Title: Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage (Other Than Clergy of Churches of England, Scotland or Rome)
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of that church, or, not being a Clergyman of the Church of Rome, solemnizing a marriage according to the rites, rules, ceremonies and customs of that church, knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage under this Act, or solemnizes any marriage between such persons as aforesaid, without publishing, or causing to be affixed, the notice of such marriage as directed in Part III of this Act, or after the expiration of two months after the certificate has been issued by him; issuing certificate for, or solemnizing, marriage with minor, within fourteen days after notice ;.- or knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage, or solemnizes a marriage between such persons when one of the persons intending marriage is a minor, before the expiration of fourteen days so after the receipt of notice of such marriage, or without sending, by mat the post or otherwise, a copy of such notice to the Marriage Registrar, or, if there be more Marriage Registrars than one, to the Senior Marriage Registrar of the district ; issuing certificate authorizedly forbidden ;.- or knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate the issue of which.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part II
Title: Time and Palace at Which Marriages May Be Solemnized
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....or special license in that behalf from the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese or Vicariate in which such marriage is so solemnized, or from such person as the same Bishop has authorized to grant such license, license, {Ins. by Act 2 of 1891, section.2} [or (3) a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland solemnizing a marriage according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland]. Section 11 - Place for solemnizing marriage No Clergyman of the Church of England shall solemnize a marriage in any place other than a church {Ins. by section.3, ibid.} [where worship is generally held according to the forms of the Church of England], unless there is no {Ins. by section.3, ibid.} [such] church within five miles distance by the shortest road from such place, or unless he has received a special license authorizing him to do so under the hand and seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary. Fee for special license.- For such special license, the Registrar of the Diocese may charge such additional fee as the said Bishop from time to time authorizes.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Section 10
Title: Time for Solemnizing Marriage
State: Central
Year: 1872
Every marriage under this Act shall be solemnized between the hours of six in the morning and seven in the evening : Exceptions.- Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to (1) a Clergyman of the Church of England solemnizing a marriage under a special license permitting him to do so at any hour other than between six in the morning and seven in the evening, under the hand and seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary, or (2) a Clergyman of the Church of Rome solemnizing a marriage between the hours of seven in the evening and six in the morning, when he has received a general or special license in that behalf from the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese or Vicariate in which such marriage is so solemnized, or from such person as the same Bishop has authorized to grant such license, license, {Ins. by Act 2 of 1891, section.2} [or (3) a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland solemnizing a marriage according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland].
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Section 54
Title: Registration of Marriages Solemnized Under Part V
State: Central
Year: 1872
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 certificate 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.
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