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ll. [3] (2) Such certificate issued by the Registrar shall, be conclusive proof of registration of‘the said; marriage. MAINTENANCE OF REGISTERS AND RECORDS - (1) Every Registrar shall keep in the prescribed form a register of Marriage Registrations made in the area under his jurisdiction. (2) The Registrar General of Maniages shall from- time to time cause to be ‘ printed and supplied to the Régistrars sufficientnumber of registers in the prescribed form. REGISTER TO BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC WSPECTION - The Register maintained under this Act shall at all reasonable time, be open for inspection, and certified emacts therefrom shall, on application, be given by the Registrar on payment by the applicant of a fee as may be prescribed for each such extract. REGISTRAR TO SEND PERIODICAL RETURNS TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR COMPILATION - Every Registrar shall send to the Registrar General of Marriages or to any Officer authorized by him at such interval and in such form as may be prescribed, a return regarding entries of marriage registratiOns in the register kept by such Registrar. NON~REGISTRATION NOT TO INVALIDA-TE THE MARRIAGE - No marriage contracted in the State shall be deemed to be invalid Solely by reason of the fact that it was not registered under this Act or that the memorandum was not delivered or sent to the Registrar or that such memorandum Was defective, 'irregular'or incorrect. CHAPTER III OFFENCES AND PENALTIES PENALTY FOR ONIISSION TO DELIVER OR SEND NIEMORANDUM UNDER .SECTION 5 OR FOR MAIGNG FALSE STATEMENT IN MEMORANDUM— ( 1) Any person Who,- (a) after the appointed day, willfully omits or neglects to deliver or send the memorandum as required by section 5; (b) makes any statement in a memorandum delivered 01- sent to the Registrar under section 5 or under section 6 is false in any material particular and which he knows or has reason to believe to, be false; shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both. (2) The Registrar or any officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf may prosecute any person' for an- offence punishable under sub- section (I ).