ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1984 ISLAMIC FAMILY ENACTMENT 1979
PART V - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Section 46. Maintenance of Central and District Registers.
(1) The Chief Registrar and every Registrar shall individually maintain a Central Register and District Register and shall forthwith enter therein details as required regarding the order of divorce and dissolution forwarded to him under sub-section (2) and regarding all orders of divorce and dissolution applied for under sub-section (3) for registration.
(2) Every Court which determines and records any order of divorce or dissolution or which allows and records a talak or any other form of divorce shall forthwith send a certified copy of the the order to the Chief Registrar and the relevant Registrar for registration .
(3) If a marriage solemnized in the State is dissolved or nullified by an order of a competent Court outside the State any party may apply to the Chief Registrar or the relevant Registrar to register the order and the Chief Registrar or the relevant Registrar shall register the order if he is satisfied that the order is one fit to be registered as valid for the purposes of this Enactment.
(4) If any pronouncement of talak made in the presence of the Court or any order of divorce or dissolution whenever made has dissolved a marriage solemnized in the State and which has been registered under the provisions of this Enactment or under any written law for the time being in force, the Chief Registrar or the relevant Registrar shall when registering the talak or order direct that the entry in the relevant Register pertaining to the marriage be marked "Dissolved'' and given a reference number.
(5) On registering a talak or an order of divorce or a dissolution of marriage and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Chief Registrar or the Registrar shall record in the Certificate the talak, divorce or dissolution.