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(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Chief Registrar for the whole of the State. (2) The Chief Registrar may, in consultation with the State Government also appoint such other officers with such designations as he thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, such of his functions, as he may from time to time, authorize them to discharge. (3) The Chief Registrar shall be the Chief Executive Authority in the State for carrying into execution the provisions of this Act and the Definitions. Chief Registrar. COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES rules made thereunder subject to the directions, if any, given by the State Government. (4) The Chief Registrar shall take steps, by issuing suitable instructions or otherwise, to co-ordinate, unify and supervise the work of registration in the State for securing an efficient system of registration and shall prepare and submit to the State Government, in such manner and at such intervals, as may be prescribed, a report on the working of this Act in the State.