INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE.

                                    

 Registering the Marriage on the day of Marriage .

   Registering the Marriage at a later date after Marriage.

 

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES.

Marriages are being registered under various acts- namely

1.     Hindu Marriage Act 1955

2.     Special Marriage Act 1955

3.     Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872

4.     The Tamil Nadu Registration of Marriage Act 2009

HINDU MARRIAGE ACT 1955

Hindu Marriage Act applies to all  Hindus.

CONDITIONs

Neither party has a spouse at the time of the marriage

W.E.f  01-10-1978, the bridegroom should have completed 21 years of age and the Bride  18 years of age.

Before  01-10-1978, it was  18 and 15  respectively.

A marriage  under this act can be registered only after solemnization  as per customary Rites or  Suya  Mariyathai  or  seerthirutha marriage.

There is no time limit  prescribed for registration.

The Marriage may be registered by a Sub-Registrar in whose jurisdiction  the Bridegroom or Bride lives  of the place where the marriage was solemnized/

The Registration fee is  Rs.100/- if the registration is done within  3 months from the date of marriage , otherwise   an additional fee of Rs.25/- is levied .

SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT.

Any Marriage , irrespective of religion , cast  may be solemnized  and registered  in this Act.   All Sub-Registrar are empowered  to solemnize  and Register  in their respective jurisdiction.

INDIAN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ACT  1982.

Under the Indian Christian Marriage Act, Marriage may be solemnized  and registered  if both the Spouses  or any one of them is a Christian.

Marriage Registrars  are being approved by Government .

Marriage Registrars and Licensees, Ministers of Religion  can Register marriages under this  Act.

THE TAMIL NADU COMPULSORY MARRIAGE REGISTRATION ACT :

Marriages of all persons  who are citizens  of India , belonging  to various religions are made compulsorily registerable under this act.

All marriages  performed on or after 29-11-2009 should be registered under this Act.

All Sub-Registrars are appointed as Marriage Registrars

The marriage may be registered  in the area where the marriage is performed  within 90 days from the date of marriage.

CONDITIONS :

1 .Marriage  must be performed under the respective personal LAWS.

2 .Memorandum in duplicate  should be submitted.

3. The Bridegroom  and  the Bride should have completed  21 & 18 years respectively.

4. The Memorandum should be submitted  within 60 days  without fine and 90 days with fine .

5. A fee of Rs.100/- is levied , if the memorandum  is presented within 90 days  and an additional fine of Rs.50 is levied  for the extended period.

6. There is no provision  to register  the marriage after 150 days.

SOI: We thank Mr.K.Ganapathy -Sub-Registrar( Retd ) for this  very useful information.