ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1955 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT 1955
PART VII - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 103. Registration of marriages.
(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 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 Muslim law 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 or 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 for the marriage.
(6) It shall be the duty of the Assistant Registrar to report to the Duty Registrar 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 this Enactment