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    "id": 14405,
    "slug": "andhra-pradesh-compulsory-registration-of-marriages-act-2002",
    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 15 of 2002)",
    "act_year": 2002,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title extent and commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons - Act No.28 of 2018.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"Marriages\" include all the marriages performed by persons belonging to any caste or religion and also the marriages performed as per any custom, practices or any traditions including the marriages performed in the tribal areas and the word \"Marriages\" also includes \"remarriages\".\n(b) \"Local Authority\" means the Gram Panchayat or the Municipality or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be;\n(c) \"Government\" means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh;\n(d) Any notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word \"Notified\" shall be construed accordingly;\n(e) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;\n(f) \"Public Servant\" means any employee of the Government, a local Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad, Zilla Parishad. Municipality or Municipal Corporation owned or controlled by the Government or any Government Agency;\n(g) \"Register\" means a register of marriages maintained under this Act;\n(h) \"Memorandum\" means a memorandum of marriage mentioned in Section 8;\n(i) \"Registrar\" means a Registrar of marriages appointed by the Government under this Act;\n(j) \"Marriage Officer\" means an Officer appointed under this Act;\n(k) \"Registrar General\" means the Registrar General of Marriages appointed by the Government under this Act;\n(l) The expression \"custom and tradition\" signifies any custom or tradition which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, and prevalent in the force of law in any local area, tribal community etc;\n(m) \"Magistrate\" means a Judicial Magistrate of First Class.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Application of other laws not barred.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Registrar General of marriages.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. District Registrar of Marriages.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Marriage Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter II\nRegistration of Marriages",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Every Marriage in State to be Registered.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Memorandum of marriage.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Memorandum of marriage presented after 30 days.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter III\nPenalities",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Penalty for neglecting to comply with the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 or for making false statement in memorandum.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Penalty for failing to register the marriage.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter V",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Marriage Certificate to be given to the couple.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Marriage Officer to keep registers in the prescribed form.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Search of Marriages Register.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Cause a search to be made by the Marriage Officer for any entry in the Register of Marriages: and,\n(b) Obtain an extract from such Register relating to marriages.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Marriage Officers to send periodical returns to the District Registrar for compilation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Non-registration not to invalidate marriage.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Offence under this Act triable summarily by a Magistrate.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Sanction for prosecution.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Registrars/Marriage Officers to be deemed public servants.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the duties and powers of the Registrars of Marriages or Marriage Officers:\n(b) the forms and the manner in which the registers or records required to be kept by or under this Act shall be maintained:\n(c) the custody in which the registers and records are to be kept and the preservation of such registers and records: and\n(d) the fee to be paid under the relevant provisions of the Act.\n[(e) the automated marriage registration process.]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 19th March, 2020 [ap509]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 15 of 2002)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2002",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2002",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}