The Indian Marriage Act 1865, 5 of 1865, (Rep., Act 15 of 1872)

Section 2. Every person solem~izizing a marriage under this Act and hereby required to register the same, and *

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

42. Every person solem~izizing a marriage under this Act and hereby required to register the same, and every Marriage Eegistrar Searches may be made and copies of or Secretary to a Local Goverllment who shall have the certificates given. custody for the time being of any Register of lIariiages, or of any certificate or copics of certificate uilder this Act, shall at $11 reaaonal~le times allow searches to be made of any BIar~*i&ge Register Boolc, or of any certificate, or duplicate, or copies of certificate in liis custody, and slzdl give a copy under his liand of any entry or entries in the same on the pajrnlent of tlxc fees hereinafter ineutioned : that is, for every search extending over a period of not marc than one year the sun11 of one Rupee, and f o ~ ~ r annas additional for every additional year, and the sum of one BLxpee f o ~ cvery single cedificatc.

Source: India Code