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

Section 61. Whoever, being a person authorized under the prcvisiolls of this Act Pnnis!,ment for per-[to solerni

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

61. Whoever, being a person authorized under the prcvisiolls of this Act Pnnis!,ment for per-[to solernilize a marriaage, and not being ][a ][Clc~gyman of tlie ] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , t ~ & , " t tlEfi[C11urcl1 of Ellgland solemnizing a mnniage after. d~ie publi- ] Cle1,~ymen of the cation of Banns or under a license from the A-nglican Bishop Churches of JC!:gland Scotland orRome. solof the Diocese or a S~u.1-ogate duly authorized in that behalf, emnizing marriares wit,l,ont ,,~,~ic,~io,Lo~[or not being a Clergyman of 'the Church of Scotland solemniz- ] notices, kc. ilig a niarriage according to the rules, rites, cereuioilies a,nd customs of tl:a,t Church, or not being a Clergynlali of the Churcll of Rolne solcmnizillg a marriage accordiiig to the rites, rules, ceremonies and custonis of that Church, ellall knowingly and wilf~~lly issue ally certifi ca,te for mla.rriagc: under this Act, or solenznjze any niarria.ge between such persolis as aforesa,id, without publishillg or causing to be affixed the notice of such marrjage 8,s directed in Part I1 of this Act, or after the expiration of two months after the certificate shall llave been issued by lziin ; or slinll knoivingly axlct milf1111jr issuc say certificate for ~lia.rria,gc, or soleniliiae a maiariage l~at~veen such persons, when one of tile yeysons intencling i~la,~riage, not being a T ~ ~ C ~ O T V C I ' or \\'idow, is a minol-, before the expiration of f'o~ourtaen days after tlle rccciyt of notice' of su-ch marriage, or n~itliout selldiiig or cn.usirig to be solljc by the Post or othel-wise a copy of suclllz llotic~ to tlie 3Ta.r~ir-l~gRgistrar, or, e if 'cllcre be Inore klarria,g.c ILcgistrars. t l r ~ n one, to t.Jlc Senior. Ifia.ri.iagc Registrar 01 tlla .Distl-ici:, ; or sl1d1 liy~~\\'i:~gly and \vilf~~IJ.y issue any ct:i'ti-ficatc, the issnc ol' \i'11;~11 ~!111,11 h;t.~c !;~c;il f'oi;l:~itl.?~ci~ ~il-idc;, 1:1!1.: As$, I;>? an.$ pcyxo~~ ;,\~tjlo~~jzcd `to` I'ci~1;Id tlic ~SSIIC, ; 01~ : ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ l l < ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ i n ~ ~ l y uiil ~v-ilf~~lly ~olci~l~~iix~; t ~ ~ i j - n:~:~i~i:~wc 3 whicl-1 ~11x11 llz,\-c kson I(jl.)ji llilcn l)y `n` ll.)i 1)crx~l ;i~~Liio~.i:sed to for1 )i(l ti12 S~,I:I~C, 611 2t.l-11. IS l):ii~i~I~ (:d n-iiii ili111ri;:r~r.~ulcjII, of cithc:l. descl*iy?ion, ns (lcfinocl in t l ~ e I1l:liaa :i.'i:~-l:tl. Code, for a t o ~ m :vl,ic!i cst,c:llcl l o f o n ~ years, :::ld slla!l also 11e I.ia.111.e t : ~ fine. `62,` \Y I I ocver ' 7 /6 I j 4 J ,.3 4j 2 .I 1 I .$ ~2 j Id . `8` -j I t 1 4 1 62.[Whoever, not being licensed to grant ][a, ][certificate ][of ][mamiage uncler ] Punishment for un-[Part ] [V ][of ][this ][Act, shall grant such certificate intending ] licensed person prethereby to mala it appear that he is SO licensed, shall be 'tending to prant certificate of marriage under punished with imprisonment of eitlier description, as defined Part V. in the Indian Penal Code, for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be Liable to fine. 63.[Whoever shall wilfully destroy or iiijure or cause to be destr0~7~d ] ol* injured any such Register Book, or any part thereof, or any Punishment for destroying or falsifying such authenticated extract t12erefsom as aforesaid, 01- shall Register Books. wilfully insei-t or cause to be inderted ally false entry in any sucll Register Book or authenticatqd extract, shall be punished with in1pl.isonnlent of either description, as defined in the Indian Penal Code, for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. ol* 64.[Persons tried for offences punishable ullder this ] [Act ][sllall be ][tried ] under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedu~be by Jurisdictionto try personsfor offencespuuisLthe Court of Session as defined in the same Code : Provided able under this Act. that no European British subject shall be liable to be tried for any offence punishable under this Act except before a Judge of the High Court. I n every case in which an European British subject shall be charged before a Justice of the Peace or Magistrate at any place beyond the local limits of the ordinary origiaal Civil jurisdiction of the High Cou1.t with ally offence under this Act, such chargz shdl be investigsted, and tlie canlrnitta.1 and t ~ i a l for such offence shall be made sud held, according to the rules by which the Critnilzal Procedure of the High Court may from time to time be regulated. 65. Except as provided in the last preceding Section, the provisions of the Code of Criniiilal Procedure slid1 apply to the investigaCode of Criminal IJrocedure to tion and commi1,tal iu all cases of charges under this Act : investig.lt1ons and committali under thls Act. Yrovided that a summolls shall ordinarily issue in the first instance, and th2t all offeilces punishable under this Act shall be bailable. 66. The Suptemc Court of Judica.t~lre in the Settlement of Prince of Wales' Islai~d, Silzgaporc and hfdacca shall lmve pon7er to Supremc Court of within Sll'aits, Sct,t,,ement t,o[try ][oEences puu.islzable xlncler this Act and coi~~rnittecl ] t ~ir~ilor l alld ~this l~ Act. ~ i i ~ ~ tllc ~ ~liiilits ~ oc 611 (111 ~ ~ t t l a z ; ~ l l t , '~ilc: c~;a,r~c for any SUC~I oircnce shdl be i~:ir~esi;igatc.,!ig~ n,ii~l t'he cornmit.tj;l.3s sllall bc 111arlc u.ndcr the procedu~:c: 1 ~ y 117l!icli such C>onrt shall fS-0111 til-nc t o iin~e' 11e ~ g l a c . 2'he penalties (if any) illiposecl 011 pcrsolls chatgcd as nf'orcsaicl. ~,!l;ill correspond as ~icxly ac; luny be 11ritl1 i.he penalties which might 11a.ire Ijecn iul~l'osecl on sucll peruolls hncl tllc 111clian 1't:ilal C'odc bcca tllc~l in force ill tl:e sac1 Gectleiue~lt. Sc1lc;dulc A. C. 8 'k g $ 18 'i E k `t` L- Notice of Warri8ge. To the Reve+*end J o h ~ Brow@, a Minister- of the Pvee Clzztrch of ek Calcutta. ScofZccnd, I hereby give you notice, that a marriage is intended to be had, within three calendar months from the date hereof, between me'hnd the other party hereim named and described (that is to say), Witness my hand, this sixth da.y of July, one thoz~wzd eight Z~u?zd~ed utzd sixty-$ve. (Signed) JAJfB `X` `8211` T n n ('T'l~e .Pltrlics in this Sclierh~lc :uc: tjo LC filled up as tllc case may be, m d the I~lanlc d i \ ~ i s i o ~ ~ thcreof i s only to Ilc fillecl u;? wl~cu o11c of the l~aa.f,ics lives ill another A)istl*ici), Sclbcdol~ as. Registrar's Certificate. j . I , the Revef*e?zcZ Johw Brozon, Ximister of tl~e P?ve Cltz/,rcl~ of #cotland at Culcutta in Bengal, do hereby certify, that on the sixth day of .Jz~ly ,1865, notice was duly entered in my Marriage Notice Book of the marria,ge intended bctaeen the parties !herein named slid described, delivered under the hand of Jmnes S?nith, one of the parties (that is to say), _ Date of notice elitered sixth July 1865. 1 The issuc of Ulis Certificate has not } ' been prohibited by :illy person authorDatc of certificate give11 tzocntiet7~ I izod to forhid tlie iswe thereof. J ~ l y 1.865. i g:lTitncss `m y` llalld, f,ll;cntieih' da,? OC dzrly ciuc tl;ozisit.jl[l eigi~1 i~zc.izd.i-ed azd s i'a:Z?y.-fitc. (,?igfl eel) *I G -1737 `.lj` 22 0 7P7-7f. L$fivz.T'sle.i* q f Zhe jI.;.ce C1ilzr;-cli, of rYcoZlcr.)zcl. I 1 3 .~.l~is Cc~t.iiicnd,c -n~ill bc ~ o i i i ui~lcss tlie nza.nlngc is solcm~:i~ec! 011 0:. l~efoiic, I llc hoeii.lielk (lay of ,Si~~lewt.Dc~ `1865.` ACT No. V `OF` 1865. Section 30.) SCHEDULE C.-(See Form of Register of Marriages. Quarterly Returns of MARRIAGES for Cu lcutta, Modras, The Archdeaconry of .. . Bombay, Calcutta, MarE~as, do hereby i Bombay, 1, Registrar of the Archdeaconry of MarE~as, do hereby Bombay, tlie original oud official Quarterly Returns of Calcutta, .Madras, as made and transmitted to me for the Quarr Bo~nba y, y, ending the thirty-first day of Decenzbeg*, in the Year of certify, that tile annexed are correct copies of Marriages withie the Archdeaconry of .Madras, as made and transmitted to me for the Quar- Bo~nba y, y, ter commencing the first day of October ending the thirty-first day of Decenzbeg*, in the Year of Our Lord One (IEousuncZ Eight Hzc9zd1-ed and Sixty$ce [Signature `of` Registrar] Calcuua, Registrar of the Archdeaconry of Allahabad, Barrachpo~.e, Bal*eilly, Calcutta, gc., gSc. 34ARRIAGES solemnized at ==> picture [442 x 268] intentionally omitted <== 'L ACT No. V `OF` 1865. 34

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