Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009
No: 16 Dated: Sep, 10 2009
Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009
(Act No. 16 of 2009)
Received the assent of the Governor on the 10th day of September, 2009
An Act to provide for compulsory registration of marriage in the State of Rajasthan and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires -
(a) "Certificate of marriage" means a certificate of marriage issued under Section 9;
(b) "Marriage" includes remarriage;
(c) "Memorandum" means the Memorandum for registration of marriage mentioned in Section 7;
(d) "Register" means a register of marriage mentioned under Section 13;
(e) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Marriages appointed under Section 4;
(f) "District Marriage Registration Officer" means the District Marriage Registration Officer appointed under Section 5;
(g) "Registrar General" means the Registrar General designated as such under Section 6;
(h) "Solemnize" means to enter into a marriage in any form or manner;
(i) "To submit." includes send by registered post acknowledgement due.
3. Registration of marriage to be compulsory. - Registration of every marriage solemnized between the persons who are citizens of India in the State of Rajasthan after the commencement of this Act shall be compulsory.
4. Appointment of Registrar. - The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, either by name or by virtue of office, as many persons as it thinks necessary to be the Registrar of Marriages for such local areas as may be prescribed.
5. Appointment of District Marriage Registration Office. - The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, either by name or by virtue of office, District Marriage Registration Officer for the district concerned.
6. Registrar General. - The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, designate a senior officer of the concerned department as Registrar General of Marriages for the State of Rajasthan to monitor and review the effective implementation of this Act.
7. Memorandum for Registration of marriage. - Memorandum for registration of a marriage shall be in such form, as may be prescribed.
8. Duty to submit the memorandum. - (1) The parties, or in case the parties have not completed the age of twenty one years, the parents or as the case may be, guardian of the parties, shall be responsible to submit the memorandum within a period of thirty days from the date of solemnization of the marriage to the Registrar within whose jurisdiction the marriage is solemnized or both or any of the parties resides.
(2) A memorandum, which is not submitted within the time limit specified in sub-section (1), may be submitted at any time on payment of penalty as may be prescribed.
9. Registration of marriage and marriage certificate. - On receipt of the memorandum completed in all respects, the Registrar shall register the marriage in the prescribed manner and shall issue a certificate of marriage in the prescribed form to the person who has submitted the memorandum.
10. Registration of marriage solemnized prior to the commencement of this Act. - Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any marriage solemnized prior to the commencement of this Act may be registered on submitting a memorandum in the form prescribed under Section 7 and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
11. Non-registration not invalidate the marriage. - No marriage shall be-deemed to be invalid solely for the reason that such marriage has not been registered under this Act.