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Transmission
of certificate
to Registrar
General.

Filing of
certificate
and regis-
tration of
divorce by
Registrar
General.

Period
within which
registration
may be
effected.

Correction
of clerical
errors in
Registers.

Ch. 29. No. 4.] Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration.

19. A Divorce Officer shall, within seven days of the
absolute dissolution or annulment of a Muslim marriage by
or before him, transmit to the Registrar General the
certificate referred to in the preceding section together with
an application for registration by the Divorce Officer accom-
panied by the prescribed fee.

20. (1) Upon receipt of any certificate and application for
registration of a divorce, the Registrar General, if it appears
to him that such are in order, shall file in his office the
application and certificate, and shall forthwith register in a
book in the prescribed form to be kept in his office for such
purpose and to be called the ‘‘ Muslim Divorce Register
Book ”’ particulars of every certificate of a Muslim divorce
which shall be filed in his office, and every entry so made
shall be dated on the day on which it is so entered and shall
be signed by the Registrar General and such book shall be
kept in such manner as is best suited for easy reference
thereto.

(2) Upon such registration as aforesaid, the Registrar
General shall transmit to the Divorce Officer notification of
the fact and date of registration of the divorce, and the
Divorce Officer shall thereupon enter such particulars in the
space provided for the purpose in the counterfoil of the
Muslim Divorce Certificate Book.

21. Registration under this Ordinance of any Muslim
divorce shall not be effected later than one month from the
date on which the absolute dissolution or annulment of the
mattiage was effected by or before the Divorce Officer.

PART IV
MISCELLANEOUS.

22. The Registrar General may correct any clerical error
in any certificate of marriage or certificate of divorce filed
in his office and in the Muslim Marriage or Muslim Divorce
Register Books and shall authenticate every such correction
by his signature and the date of such correction.