(1) If an application for registration of Marriage or for a certified extract from the Marriage Register is incomplete or defective in any respect or is not accompanied by the fee specified in rule 10, the Registrar shall require the parties to the remove the defect or pay the said fee, as the case may be, within such time as may be specified by him failing which the application shall be rejected.
(2) If the Registrar receiving such application has no jurisdiction to receive the same, he shall return it to the applicant for being presented to the proper authority.
(3) Where an objection to any application for registration is received by a Sub-Registrar, he shall refer the same to the Registrar of the district, who shall decide the same as also objections received by him after hearing the parties affected thereby and his decision subject to any degree or order of a competent court be final in so far as the question of action on the application for registration is concerned.
(4) The particulars of all applications which are returned or of which registration is refused as aforesaid shall be noted in a register in Form 'C' of the schedule appended to these rules.
Power of Registrars
14. The Registrar shall perform his duties and exercise his powers under the general superintendence of the Registrar General .
Superintendence
15. Blank forms of application for registration shall be supplied by the Registrar free of charge to the parties to a marriage. The parties may, however, at their opinion use legibly typed forms.
Forms