(7) The Registrar of Marriages, after filing the memorandum as contemplated in sub-rule (6), shall cause to scan the memorandum in the electronic storage device and on filing the memorandum along with the application, the Registrar shall register the marriage and issue a certificate of registration of marriage i| Form-Ill and deliver it to the parties to the marriage either in person or by in the self addressed stamped envelope given by the parties.
(8) In case, the Registrar is not satisfied about the identity of the parties the witnesses, or about the correctness of the statements made in the memorandum, the Registrar may, after hearing the parties and after recording the reasons in writing, pass an order of refusal to register the marriage in For IV and send a copy thereof to the District Registrar.
6. Duplicates to be forwarded to the District Registrar.— (1) On
before the fifth day of each month, the Registrar shall send to the District Registrar, the duplicate copies of all the memoranda received by him during the preceding month, affixing at the end of the last of such copies a certificate follows:—
“Certified that the memorandum, which bear Serial No………..to Serial I
No………..are duplicate of all the memoranda filed in the file of memorandum maintained by me under the Tamil Nadu Registration of) Marriages Act, 2009 during the month of………….
| day of |
| Dated the |
| 20. |
Signature,
Registrar of Marriages.”
(2) on receipt of the duplicate copies of memorandum, the District Registrar shall file them in the registers similar to those maintained by the Registrars.
7. Form of receipt.— The Registrar shall issue a receipt for the fees received by him in the following form. The receipt shall be generated duplicate through computer which shall be electronically number consecutively.
RECEIPT
(Under the Tamil Nadu Registration of Marriages Rules, 2009)
No…………………
O/o. The Registrar of Marriages
…………………………(station
Received fees from Thiru/Tmt……………..
……………… (Memorandum No…………..) towards
| (Rs.) |
Sl.No. Item
(i) For registration of Memorandum of marriage (ii) For certified extracts from the Register (iii) For certified copy/copies of………………..
(iv) For any other
Total
| .200. |
Rupees in words rupees……
Dated the ……….. …day of.
Signature.
Registrar of Marriages.
8. Transmission of memorandum received in a wrong office.— If the
Registrar receiving a memorandum has no jurisdiction to receive the same. shall transmit it to the Registrar having such jurisdiction and inform the persons who had sent or delivered the memorandum accordingly.
(2) If the Registrar receiving such memorandum has no jurisdiction, inadvertently files the same in the register maintained by him, he shall send| certified copy thereof together with the copy of endorsement of filing record thereon to the Registrar having jurisdiction for the purpose of filing and info the persons who had sent or delivered the memorandum accordingly. He shall then make a suitable endorsement on the memorandum indicating the act taken by him and for cancellation of registration from his register.
(3) The Registrar, on receipt of the memorandum of a certified copy of the memorandum under sub-rules (1) and (2), shall file it in the register maintained by him without levying any additional fee and register the marriage following the procedure and inform the action taken by him to the District Registrar.
9. Correction in the Register of Marriages and Certificate of Registration.— Any correction or any omission or mistake in the register of marriages or in the certificate of registration shall be done by the Registrar after satisfying the genuineness of the correction by a foot-note without any alteration of the original entry and it shall be signed and dated by him.
10.Appeals.— (1) An appeal to the District Registrar under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act against the order of the Registrar under section 7 of the Act may be made within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of such order along with a copy of that order and with necessary documents, referred to in sub-rule (4) of rule 5.
(2) The District Registrar, after giving an opportunity of being heard to the aggrieved parties concerned, shall pass an order, after recording the reasons in writing, directing the Registrar to register the marriage or confirming the order of the Registrar, as the case may be.
(3) An appeal to the Registrar-General under section 9 of the Act against the order of the District Registrar under sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Act may be made within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of such order along with a copy of that order and with necessary documents, referred to in sub-rule (4) of rule 5.
(4) The Registrar-General, after giving an opportunity of being heard to the aggrieved parties concerned, shall pass an order, after recording the reasons in writing, directing the Registrar to register the marriage or confirming the order of the District Registrar, as the case may be.
11. Form of Register of Marriages and manner of keeping it.— (1) The
Registrar shall maintain a register of marriages in Form V for every year. Information regarding refusal to register a marriage shall be maintained separately in a register in Form VI.
(2) The Registrar shall certify under his signature on the title page of every blank register issued to him, the number of pages actually contained in such register and shall note the date on which the register was received and opened by him.
12. Inspection of registers and obtaining certified copies thereof.— The
register of marriages shall be kept open for inspection of public. Any person desirous of inspecting the register may, on an application made in this behalf to the Registrar and on payment of fees as specified in the Table below, be allowed to do so.
THE TABLE
| Nature of search
| Fee
| |
| (‘)
| Search of the current year.
| Rs. 15.00
|
| (ii)
| Search of any previous year or years (per year).
| Rs. 5.00 (In addition to Rs.15.00)
|
| (iii)
| For a certificate regarding ‘Nil’ record of registration of marriage.
| Rs.10.00
|
13. Marriage Certificate Book.— (1) The Registrar shall maintain a Marriage Certificate Book, which shall be a bound volume, the pages of which are numbered consecutively with a nominal index attached. Every marriage certificate issued during each calendar year shall be consecutively numbered and every authenticated copy of a certificate issued to the parties shall bear number, the date, month and the year in which the certificate was entered.
(2) The Registrar shall send to the District Registrar a copy of the entries made in the Marriage Certificate Book once in three months, on the 1st of January, April, July and October in each year.
14. Superintendence.— The Registrar shall perform his duties and exercise his powers under the general superintendence of the Registrar-General and the State Government.
15. Procedure for obtaining certified copies.— Any person desirous of obtaining certified copy or copies of certificate of Registra-tion of marriage or extract of register of marriages shall make an applica-tion in Form VII and pay the fees as specified in the Table below:
