The Himachal Pradesh Registration of Marriages Act, 1996
himachal-pradesh · 1997
- S. 1Short title, extent and commencement
- S. 2Definitions
- S. 3Chief Registrars of Marriages
- S. 4District Registrars of Marriages
- S. 5Registrar of Marriages
- S. 6Every marriage to be registered
- S. 7Memorandum of marriage
- S. 8Memorandum of marriages submitted after 30 days
- S. 9Places of registration of marriages
- S. 10Voluntary registration of marriages contracted in areas in which this Act is not applicable
- S. 11Registration of foreign marriages
- S. 12Non-registration not to invalidate marriages
- S. 13Maintenance of registers in the prescribed forms
- S. 14Correction or cancellation of entry in the marriage register
- S. 15Search of marriage registers
- S. 16Penalty for neglecting to comply with the provisions of section 7 or making any false statement in the memorandum
- S. 17Penalty for failing to file memorandum
- S. 18Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering marriage register
- S. 19Registrars to be public servants
- S. 20Indemnity to persons acting under this Act
- S. 21Previous sanction of the Government
- S. 22Power of State Government to make rules
- S. 23Provisions not to be derogatory to certain laws