ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983
PART III - MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION
Section 21. Registration of marriage.
(1) The marriage of every person domiciled in the State and of every person who temporarily resides outside the State but is domiciled in the State, shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Enactment.
(2) Within seven days after the solemnisation of any marriage it shall be the duty of the parties to the marriage including the person who solemnised the marriage, to report t'o the Registrar of the mukim masjid in which the marriage was solemnised the fact of such marriage and all necessary particulars concerning the same in the prescribed form which shall be completed, witnessed and signed as required and the Registrar shall forthwith register such marriage in Form 3E.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Registrar before registering any marriage to make enquiry and to satisfy himself that the requirements of Hukum Syarak and of this Enactment have been complied with and that the marriage was valid and registrable.
(4) A Registrar shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and may examine any person upon oath or affirmation concerning any matter submitted to him for registration.
(5) Upon registering any marriage and upon payment to him of the prescribed fees, the Chief Registrar shall issue Marriage Certificates in Form 3F to both parties to the marriage.
(6) The Chief Registrar shall upon payment of the prescribed fees, issue a Sighah Taliq if the husband pronounces a taliq in Form 3F to each party to a marriage.
(7) It shall be the duty of every person to report to the Registrar the circumstances of any case which appears to him that any marriage was void or that any registrable marriage was solemnised in contravention of the provisions of this Enactment.