(1) An application for reconstruction of spoilt document or register relating to marriage under the Civil Registration Code or Firm under the Partnership Act, 1932 (Act No. 9 of 1932), shall also be made to the concerned Civil Registrar or the Registrar of Firms having respective jurisdiction, as the case may be, in Form-I appended to the Rules, accompanied by such documents or records as may be necessary thereof.
(2) The provisions of rules 3, 4, 5 and 6 of these Rules shall, mutatis, mutandis, apply for inquiry by the Civil Registrar or Registrar of Firms, as the case may be, who shall submit the report to the Chief Registrar.
(3) The Chief Registrar, after examining the report, if satisfied that it is expedient to reconstruct spoilt document or register, as the case may be, shall within 10 days from the date of receipt of report thereof, direct the concerned Civil Registrar or Registrar of Firms, as the case may be, to reconstruct the document or register, as the case may be, in the format in which the original record or register existed:
Provided that the Civil Registrar or the Registrar of Firms, on receipt of order from the Chief Registrar, reconstruct the spoilt document or register as per the direction of the Chief Registrar and issue the copy of reconstructed document or register to the applicant after charging the fee specified in sub-rule (3) of rule 6.