Section 30 Marriage Act

Section 30 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Marriage certificates to be registered. It provides as follows:

(1) Every registrar shall forthwith register in a book to be kept in his office for such purpose, and to be called the marriage register book, every certificate of marriage which shall be filed in his office according to the Form F in the First Schedule; and every such entry shall be made in the order of date from the beginning to the end of the book, and every entry so made shall be dated on the day on which it is so entered, and shall be signed by the registrar, and such book shall be indexed in such manner as is best suited for easy reference thereto.
[First Schedule. Form E]

(2) The registrar shall at all reasonable times allow searches to be made in the mar‐ riage register book, and shall give certified copies therefrom upon payment of the prescribed fee.

(3) Within ten days after the last day of each month, every registrar shall send to the Principal Registrar a certified copy of all entries made by him during the proceeding month in the marriage register book of his district, and the Principal Registrar shall file the same in his office.

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