[As amended by S.R.O. No. 640/2015] [Section 8(1)] In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (i) of Section 8 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Central Act 25 of 1955), the Government of Kerala hereby make the following Rules for the registration of the Hindu Marriage; namely:--

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Form.1 FORM

  

FORM No. I
Received on.....................................................................................................................Initials of local Registrars...................................................................................................
Taluk	Date of marriage
Place of marriage	}	Town Village

    

 (b)  "Local Registrar" means any person appointed by Government in accordance with Rule 4 to be Registrar of Marriages for

 (i) the whole or part of the local area comprised within the limits of Trivandrum City, or

 (ii)  the whole or part of a local area comprised in any Municipality in Kerala State established under provisions of law for the time being in force, or

 (iii)  the whole or part of a Revenue Village or group of Revenue Villages.

 (c)  "Local Registration area" means the jurisdiction assigned to a "Local Registrar".

 (d)  "Compulsory Registration area" means the Local Registration area in which registration of marriages is declared by the Govern

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Husband

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Government may appoint by notification in the Gazette any person by name or by virtue of the office held by him to be a "Local Registrar" and define "the local Registration area" constituting his jurisdiction.

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The Local Registrar shall unless permitted otherwise by the Registrar General, reside within his jurisdiction and maintain an office, at the outer door of which shall be displayed a signboard indicating his designation and hours of business.

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As soon as may be possible and not later than 15 days after the solemnisation of a marriage, the husband may and in compulsory registration area shall give or cause to be given a report about the marriage in Form No. I (in original and duplicate) to the Local Registrar in whose jurisdiction the marriage was solemnised. ^1A[Where the husband is a Non-Resident Indian, a photocopy of his valid passport and the address and security number of his foreign home shall also be specified in the report.] The report may be sent by registered post or delivered personally or through messenger. In case a marriage report is delivered personally or through messenger, the Local Registrar shall give a receipt indicating the fact of his having received the report. The date on which the marriage report was received shall be indicated in the receipt as also in the Marriage report and attested by the initials of the Local Registrar:

¹[Provided that the Local Regis

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The Local Registrar shall after verifying the entries in the marriages report referred to in Rule 6 for accuracy and completeness enter the various particulars in a Register in Form II and attest his signature in the space specified therefor.

^1B[Where the husband is a Non-Resident Indian, the address and security number of his foreign home and the passport number shall also be entered and a photocopy of his valid passport shall be pasted in the Register before issuing the Certificate of Marriage.]

The entries relating to each marriage shall be given serial numbers consecutively beginning with first day of January and ending with the last day of December.

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The Register referred to in Rule 7 shall be a bound book--the pages of which are machine numbered.

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No correction of the entries in the Register shall be made without the concurrence of an "Inspecting Officer", changes in material particulars like name, age, date etc. shall be done invariably only after obtaining the sanction of the Registrar General.

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 (1) The Local Registrar shall within a week after the close of each month detach the duplicates of the Marriage Reports received and registered by him and forward the same to the Registrar General:

Provided that if it is directed by the Registrar General that the duplicate reports shall be forwarded through a specified authority the reports shall be forwarded through the authority so specified.

 (2)  The originals of the marriage report received by the Local Registrar shall be filed by him as permanent record.

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The Registrar General shall have all the duplicate marriage reports received from the Local Registrars scrutinised for accuracy and completeness and file them in his office as permanent record.

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The Registrar General shall cause indexes of marriage reports received by him being prepared and maintained in his office. The index registers shall be in bound books the pages of which are machine numbered and may be kept open for inspection by any person who desires to do so during office hours.

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Application for certified extracts of the Register shall fulfil the following conditions:--

 (i) it shall be addressed to the Registrar General or Local Registrar.

 (ii)  it shall contain the names of the parties to the marriage, the name and address of the applicant and the place and date of the marriage.

 (iii)  court fee stamps to the value of2

[Three rupees] shall be affixed to it.

³[Note.-- Applicants who desire to get the extract of the Register in stamp paper shall also produce the required stamp paper for the purpose, before the Registrar.]

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The Local Registrar shall prepare and grant the extract under his signature and seal in Form No. III:

Provided that if the Registrar General directs that the extract shall be countersigned by any authority duly specified by him, before delivery to the applicant the Local Registrar shall comply with such direction.

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(1) The Registrar General may authorise any Officer to be an "Inspecting Officer", for the purpose of the Rules, and assign the jurisdiction of such Inspecting Officer, subject to approval of Government. 

(2) Regular periodical inspection of the Registers and connected records kept by the Local Registrars shall be done by the Inspecting Officers in accordance with the instructions of the Registrar General.

(3) The Registrar General shall arrange for the printing and supply of forms and registers required for use by Local Registrars.

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 (1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions contained in these rules, the failure by a party to a marriage to comply with the direction in Rule 6 shall, if the marriage had been solemnised in a compulsory registration area be punishable on conviction by a Magistrate with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees.

 (2)  Prosecutions of offences referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be instituted only with the sanction of the Registrar General.

 (3)  The Rules passed by Government under any other enactment for the time being in force for the Registration of marriages of any section of the Hindus shall for "compulsory registration areas" stand repealed.