(1) The Registrar may suo-moto or otherwise issue notice to the parties to a marriage which has not been registered under this Act, to appear before him and get the memorandum of marriage signed and delivered with the prescribed fee in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the notice.
(2) On receipt of a memorandum under sub-section (1) the Registrar shall file the same, enter the particulars thereof in the register, send the duplicate copy thereof to the District Registrar and issue the marriage certificate as provided in section 5.
(3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall affect the liability of any person under the provisions of section 13.
(4) Where any party to the marriage or parties to the marriage are minor the Registrar shall inform, to the local Police that the marriage is solemnized in contravention of Child Marriage Restraint Act,1929.
Register to be open for public inspection
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The register maintained under this Act, shall at all reasonable times, be open to inspection, on working hours by any person and certified extracts thereform, shall be on application, be issued by the Registrar or Local Registrar on the payment of prescribed feel The entries in the memorandum or the registrar or the certified extract thereof or the marriage certificate issued under section 5 or section 6 shall be admissible in evidence and be proof of the statement contained therein.
- 13 - Non Registration not to in invalidate the marriage
8. No marriage contracted in the State shall be deemed to be invalid solely by reason of the fact that it was not registered under this Act or that the memorandum was not delivered or sent or the Registrar or that such memorandum was defective, irregular or incorrect.
Registrar to keep registers in prescribed form