LawgistThe Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
7Appointment of Registrar
For the purposes of this Act a Registrar shall be appointed. Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court, the Registrar shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of such Court, and without such limits, by the State Government. Every Registrar so appointed may be removed by the Chief Justice or State Government appointing him.
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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
