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Chapter-3

Chapter-3
Registration of other Marriages

11. Registration of other Marriages:

(1) Any marriage or marital relation concluded pursuant to the custom, tradition, usage or practice under any religion, ethnicity or dynasty, after the commencement of this Act, may be registered under this Act in case such marriage does not contradict the provisions of this Act.

(2) The couple intending to register a marriage concluded pursuant to Subsection (1) shall submit an application in the prescribed format before the concerned Marriage Registration Officer, where they are being resided since
fifteen days.

(3) The provisions of Section 6 and Section 7 shall also apply in relation to the application submitted pursuant to Sub-section (2).

(4) The Marriage Registration Officer shall register the marriage into the marriage register maintained in the prescribed format mentioning the details of the marriage, in case such marriage or marital relation is decided to be registered upon the completion of the procedure of Sub-section (3) and the couple, witnesses and the Marriage Registration Officer shall put signature in the marriage register.

(5) In the course of the registration of the marriage pursuant to Sub-section (4), the date of marriage or marital relation shall be mentioned and the name, age, and sex of the children, who got birth after such date, shall also be mentioned in the register.

(6) The registration made pursuant to Sub-section (4) shall be an evidence of a marriage between the couple.

(7) After such registration, the Marriage Registration Officer shall issue a Marriage Registration Certificate to the couple in a prescribed format.

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