ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1966 SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966
PART III - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 67. Registration of marriage.
(1) Within seven days after the solemnization of any marriage it shall be the duty of the parties to the marriage and of the wali of the wife, if any, and of the person who solemnized the same to report to the Registrar of the mukim in which the marriage was solemnized the fact of such marriage and all necessary particulars concerning the same and to pay the prescribed fees, and the Registrar shall forthwith register such marriage.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Registrar before registering any marriage to make enquiry and to satisfy himself that all requirements of Hukum Shara' and of this Enactment concerning the same have been satisfied and that the same was valid and registrable.
(3) A Registrar shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and may examine any person on oath or affirmation concerning any matter submitted to him for registration.
(4) Upon registering any marriage and upon payment to him of the prescribed fees, the Registrar shall issue marriage certificates in the prescribed form to both parties to the marriage.
(5) The Registrar shall also, upon payment of the prescribed fees, prepare a "Surat Ta'alik" in the prescribed form, obtain the signature of the parties thereto, sign the same and deliver one copy to each of the parties to the marriage.
(6) It shall be the duty of the Registrar to report to Kadhi the circumstances of any case in which it may appear to him that any alleged marriage was void, or that any registrable marriage was solemnized in contravention of the provisions of the Enactment.