ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1956 ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM ENACTMENT 1956
PART VI - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 124. Registration of marriages.
(1) Within fifteen 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 having jurisdiction in 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 the Law of the Religion of Islam and of this Enactment concerning the same have been satisfied and that the same was valid and registerable.
(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 the Registrar shall issue marriage certificates in the prescribed form to both parties to the marriage.
(5) The Registrar shall also 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 a Kathi 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 provision of this Enactment.