LawgistThe Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
14Penalty for making, etc., false certificate
Every person making or signing or attesting any such certificate containing a statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both; and if the act amounts to forgery as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), then such person shall also be liable, on conviction thereof, to the penalties provided in section 466 of the said Code.
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II.--MARRIAGES BETWEEN PARSIS
- 3 Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages
- 4 Remarriage when unlawful
- 5 Punishment of bigamy
- 6 Certificate and registry of marriage
- 7 Appointment of Registrar
- 8 Marriage register to be open for public inspection
- 9 Copy of certificate to sent to Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- 10 Registration of divorces
- 11 Penalty for solemnizing marriage contrary to section 4
- 12 Penalty for priest’s neglect of requirements of section 6
- 13 Penalty for omitting to subscribe and attest certificate
- 14 Penalty for making, etc., false certificate
- 15 Penalty for failing to register certificate
- 16 Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering register
- 17 Formal irregularity not to invalidate marriage
