Marriage by Registrars Act 1852, 5 of 1852, (Rep., Act 15 of 1872)

Section XVII. Every prosecution under this Act shall be commenced *

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

XVII. Every prosecution under this Act shall be commenced * Liniitation of within the space of two years after the offence coin- Prosecution. mitted. : XVIII. The Governor General of Il~clia in Council may appoint Appointment of . .. v, any Covenantedor TJncovenanted Servant of the Company, . -Registrars. in Allied.. . Native States, and being.: a. Christian, :or <.,. any Minister of the Christian:religion, as. to their fees. -ordbihed, o r otlie~wise set apart to the:~l\linistry of the . `1` ' . :.< , ! I % :: { e I . ACT ,No. ,V. OF 1852. c;, ' /y. I Christian religion, according to the usage of the persuasion to which he may belong, to be a Marriage Registrar in any District, to be assigned by the Governor General of India in Council in any place within the TeiTitories of any Native Prince or State in alliance with the East India Company. And the said Masriage Registrar shall be entitled. to receive the following fees ; that is to say, for receiving each Notice of Marriage, one rupee, for publishing each Notice of Marriage, two rupees, for the - issuing of each Certificate, five rupees, for every Marriage forbidden or `2.` Protest entered, ten rupees, and for registering each Marriage, three rupees, and all such fees shall be accounted for and paid over by the Marriage Registrar to the Goverximent Treasuiy as in the said Act of Parliament mentioned. Provided always, that in any case in which it shdj ,,appear to the satisfaction of .the Marriage Registrar, that the parties intencling Marriage, or married, under the provisions of the said Act of Parliament, arc in indigent circumstances, it shall and may be lawful for the said Marriage Registrar, in his discretion, to remit some part, but not more than three-fourths, of the said fees respectively, and in each and every such case of .remi~sion of fees, the Marriage Registrar shall report the circumstances thereof, and the grounds on which the remission is made, for the information of the Governor General of India in Council. XIX. It shall be lawful for the Government of each Presidency or `'1` Salaries of Re-[Place to pay m y one Marriage Registrar of Calcutta, ] gistrars. a con- Madras and Bombay, or of any other District where siderable number of persons likely to avail themselves of this Act are resident, such salary as they shall think fit, not exceeding the sum of . Co.'s Rs. `fifty` per month. X.X. When there is only one Maniage Registrar in ra District, and Provision in case such Registrar is absent from such District, or ill, 0; in case of illness, &c., of Marriage Registrar. of the death of the only Marriage Registrar in a District, or . , , ,:, h '9 . , of tempomky9 i vacancy sqch office,, the: .B!C.agiatra$e o-Ecsncb. ,Dis&rict .&& . , `;ad` as, iblkd be ,- .Marri~e Eegistrar thereofj during ,such &=nee,, ill-. a&$s$':c& ~tarnp~q~~~~amn:c;)r m aforesdd : : : : ; - . . ; . . ; : , . . . . .. : . ,. . .[: ][.s ] . ; ; . , : . `..ti;.` ? ;. `L.` ;8*.:..'i * :::!; `23,;.` , . 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Bo& in-.ht$:-cusbody;;;ana ;shall gitre `a .` &pyJ Qe&fie~::uade$Chi$;,:handj:. % . ofi any- onhy or ientpiers; `in` tbe..saae;; `OTJ:` the::p~,den* .Cf :.,fie. fGSt hereinaftef;men~Onedj (tfi& is to: say,) ;far: every `search` .bxte&&i;r suer `a;` .&not mexe .than cjneryear, the. s u m of one. rupee., '9 -&&d&r: ;hn& ,ad&@ona$ f'ap eve^, &&tioqal year, and the sum: of one inkee :fm: single: Certificate,. `and` `all,` sueh fees 8ha.H. be: aacovn$ed .for $& piid Marriage Registrar to the Government .Z'rewu~... : ; by ? A ; : . '!. :.; . . i - . . . . . . I ' :.. .; . . . . : . . . .;. . ; . .- . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . , . . . . . . ., : t . : -. BVerg -,who ; hall *lm@ destroy or injure. ,..or :.;Cause < . f s&y&f &- '.to: &;.d'es&qfed or';injnF& 3 ' - any `sn&` .Re@&& Bookm %he tro in5ar f&ijng, ,&& &&; `hc. 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I , . . . . . . . . . . disc~yep~r I, of ( such error, in the presence of the parties roarrierl, or, in camcof their dca& or absence, in tile presence 1 of two other credible witnesses, `,mh~:ishd1:~::respaa~v;$y3a&eb&.~&@:,` &,me, 1 the .. .- nia~!~inal . , ehtry, . . and add . , th.erduun$o, . . . . . . ! the , , day ~ % of ......... th$ .:. -qqnfh . . . .,.. . . e agd?.aear ....... : * . `p ~ &` COfiiec~ion , . be : ~ a & , aria he shall:. the likA , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . marginal i `5` ent* . atkested. .&:the, ,l&; kanner, in. &e. counierfd. .de&.ficate.&ep.eof, . ( ,: i to be made by him as in tfie. . .~ a ~ ~ , . : A $ t , ~ f . Parkem% .men$i't%&;.c:a?l&:& case such coun~e&i~.~~e~f;ificftte-~hal~~~tiVe- `~~cen--&re$dy.:~a~'WMitted.~,` I . the secretary ofi~overnme~t , . . , . . of,the piesidkncy . . ' . os Plac,-dth:$i `%&k'.@&` 7 - ,.-.. . resiaes;he-shall . . make and transmit ... i - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :.. . in ...like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , manner . e , .:; `s...separate-~~~omterfol` ..... i. :,, - . . ..... . ::.L:.r ' ~eri&fica;te~:...6f the original erroneous entry, and of the marginal : . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . " . . : .. : . . . ~' correction . . .- . . . ;a. >. >., . 4 therein . . . . . . . . . ,; .. . ; . *.,;: :.*: J . j ...! `L` '. ;.I I >

Source: India Code