Section 53. Marriage Registrar may ask for particulars to be registered

53. Marriage Registrar may ask for particulars to be registered .—A Marriage Registrar before whom any marriage is solemnized under this Part may ask of the persons to be married the several particulars required to be registered touching such marriage. — 54. Registration of marriages solemnized under part V. After the solemnization of any marriage under this Part, the Marriage Registrar present at such solemnization shall forthwith register the marriage induplicate; that is to say, in a marriage-register-book, according to the form of the Fourth Schedule hereto annexed, and also in a certificate attached to the marriage-register-book as a counterfoil. The entry of such marriage in both the certificates and the marriage-register-book shall be signed by the person by or before whom the marriage has been solemnized, if there be any such person, and by the Marriage Registrar present at such marriage, whether or not it is solemnized by him, and also by the parties married, and attested by two credible witnesses other than the Marriage Registrar and person solemnizing the marriage. Every such entry shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of the book, and the number of the certificate shall correspond with that of the entry in the marriage-register-book. — 55. Certificates to be sent monthly to Registrar General. The Marriage Registrar shall forthwith separate the certificate from the marriage-register-book and send it, at the end of every month, to the[1] [Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages]. Custody of register-book .—The Marriage Registrar shall keep safely the said register-book until it is filled, and shall then send it to the[1] [Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages], to be kept by him with the records of his office.