(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;
(b) "marriage" includes re-marriage;
(c) "memorandum" means a memorandum of marriage referred to in sections 5 and 6;
(d) "priest" means any person who solemnizes a marriage;
(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) "register of marriages" means the register of marriages maintained under this Act;
(g) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Marriages appointed under this Act;
(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).
Section 2 • The Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006
2. Definitions.
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Section 2
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