ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1956 ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM ENACTMENT 1956
PART VI - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 132. Method and effect of registration.
(1) Registration of any matter required to be registered under this part of this Enactment shall be deemed to be effected by the completion of the counterfoil of a certificate to be issued by the Registrar in respect of such matter.
(2) In addition to registration under the preceding sub-section, every Kathi shall maintain registers in book form containing particulars of all matters registered as aforesaid by all Registrars within the area of his Jurisdiction, including matters so registered by himself.
(3) Every Registrar other than a Kathi shall, at least once in every calendar month, and in addition at any time when the amount payable by him to the Government in respect of fees received under this part of this Enactment exceeds fifty dollars, deliver to the Kathi of his district all certificate books used by him as Registrar, and pay to the Kathi, or otherwise lawfully account for, all sums due to Government in respect of fees as aforesaid:
Provided that in case of difficulty of transport the President may permit the Registrar to deliver such books and monies to the Penghulu of his daerah and the Penghulu shall in such event deliver the same to the Kathi.
(4) The Kathi, after recording qll relevant particulars in his registers, shall return the current certificate books to the Registrar, but shall retain the counterfoils of completed books and preserve the same for five years after the last entry was made therein.
(5) Any certificate issued under this Part and any entry in the register of a Kathi made thereunder, shall be sufficient evidence of the truth of the matters stated therein, unless proved to be erroneous.
(6) After the expiration of five years from the time it was made, ·an entry in the register of a Kathi made under this Part shall be conclusive proof of the matters stated therein, and no evidence to the contrary shall be received.