The Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006

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    "title": "The Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006",
    "short_title": "The Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006",
    "act_number": "Gujarat Act No. 16 of 2006",
    "act_year": 2006,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"to contract a marriage\" means to solemnize or enter into a marriage under any law for the time being in force or by custom or usage in any form or manner;\n(b) \"marriage\" includes re-marriage;\n(c) \"memorandum\" means a memorandum of marriage referred to in sections 5 and 6;\n(d) \"priest\" means any person who solemnizes a marriage;\n(e) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(f) \"register of marriages\" means the register of marriages maintained under this Act;\n(g) \"Registrar\" means the Registrar of Marriages appointed under this Act;\n(h) \"Registrar-General\" means the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed for the State of Gujarat under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 (VI of 1886).",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Appointment of Registrar of Marriages.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Marriages to be registered.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Memorandum of marriage.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Memorandum of marriage submitted after thirty days.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Signature on memorandum and fees to be paid.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Power to refuse registration of marriage.",
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            "content": "(a) the marriage between the parties is not performed in accordance with the personal law of the parties; or\n(b) the identity of the parties or the witnesses or the persons testifying the identity of the parties and the solemnization of the marriage is not established beyond reasonable doubt; or\n(c) the documents tendered before him do not prove the marital status of the parties.\n(i) call upon the parties to produce such further information or documents as deemed necessary, for establishing the identity of the parties and the witnesses or correctness of the information or documents presented to him, or\n(ii) if deemed necessary, also refer the papers to the local police station within whose jurisdiction the parties reside, for verification.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Appellate power of Registrar General.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "10. Appeal from order under section 9.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Register of marriages.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Registrar to be open for public Inspection.",
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            "sort_order": 11
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Non registration not to invalidate marriage.",
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            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Responsibility of employer, etc. of verification of marriage registration certificate.",
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            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "15. Penalty for neglecting to comply with provisions of section 5 or for making false statement in memorandum.",
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            "content": "(a) omits or neglects to deliver or send the memorandum as required by section 5; or\n(b) makes any statement in the memorandum which is false in any material particular, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be false,",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Penalty for failing to file memorandum.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering register.",
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            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Sanction for prosecution.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Registrar to be public servant.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Indemnity to persons acting under this Act.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the powers and duties of the Registrar under section 3;\n(b) the form and the manner in which register of marriages and records required to be maintained and the form of certificate of registration of marriage to be issued under section 11;\n(c) the custody in which the register and records are to be kept and the preservation of such registers and records;\n(d) the fees to be paid under section 7 and 12;\n(e) creating awareness for registration of marriages;\n(f) any other matter which may be or requires to be prescribed.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Provisions of this Act to be in addition to and not in derogation of other laws.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Power of State Government to give directions.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Power to remove difficulties.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Repeal and savings.",
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            "content": "(a) the marriages duly contracted and registered under the repealed Act;\n(b) anything done or any action taken or any extracts of register given under the repealed Act; or\n(c) any rules made or any register of marriages maintained under the repealed Act until they arc rescinded or modified.\nSchedule\nForm\nForm\n( See Section 5)\n( See Section 5)\nMemorandum of Marriage\nMemorandum of Marriage\n1.\nDate of Marriage.\n2.\nPlace of marriage (with sufficient particulars\n\t\t\t\tto locate the place).\n3.\n(a) Full name of the bridegroom\n(b) His age. (Attach true copy of birth\n\t\t\t\tregistration certificate or affidavit in the prescribed form)\n(c) Religion.\n(d) Usual place of residence\nunmarried\n(e) Address.\nwidower\n(f) Status of the bridegroom at the time of\n\t\t\t\tmarriage, whether\nDivorced\n(Please V tick whichever is applicable)\nmarried and if so, how many wives are alive.\n(g) Signature of the bridegroom with date.\n4\n(a) Full name of the bride.\n(b) Her age. (Attach true copy of birth\n\t\t\t\tregistration certificate or affidavit in the prescribed form)\n(c) Religion.\n(d) Usual place of residence.\nunmarried\n(c) Address.\nwidow\n(f) Status of the bride at the time of marriage\n\t\t\t\twhether\ndivorced\n(Please V tick whichever is applicable).\n(g) Signature of the bride with date.\n5.\n(a) Full name of the father or mother or\n\t\t\t\tguardian of the bridegroom\n(b) Age.\n(c) Usual place of residence.\n(d) Address.\n6.\n(a) Full name of the father or mother or\n\t\t\t\tguardian of the bride.\n(b) Age.\n(c) Usual place of residence.\n(d) Address.\n7.\n(a) Full name of priest. 0\n(b) Age.\n(c) Usual place of residence.\n(d) Address.\n(e) Signature of the priest with date.\n8.\n(1) (a) Full name of first witness.\n(b) Age.\n(c) Address.\n(d) Signature with due.\n(2) (a) Full name of second witness.\n(b) Age.\n(c) Address.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        }
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj170",
        "Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 16 of 2006",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2006",
        "Short Title": "The Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:49"
}