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intended marriage such person shall so formally declare in
writing and such declaration shall, for the purposes of this
Ordinance, be deemed equivalent to such consent as
aforesaid.

(5) A consent shall, when not given in the presence
of a Marriage Officer, be signified in writing under the
hand of the person giving such consent and the Marriage
Officer by whom the marriage is solemnized shall record
on the certificate drawn up by him in accordance with
the provisions of section 13 the fact that the required
consent has been given, the name of the person by whom
such consent has been given and whether such consent
has been given in his presence or in writing.

12. If any person shall intermarry otherwise than in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, or if the
parties to any marriage are within the prohibited degrees
of consanguinity or affinity according to the Hindu law
rclating to marriage, the marriage of such persons shall not
be registered under the provisions of this Ordinance.

13. (1) Immediately after a Hindu marriage has been
solemnized by a Marriage Officer, he shall enter in English
or Hindi in a book to be supplied by the Registrar and kept
by the Marriage Officer for that purpose (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘ Hindu Marriage Certificate Book ’’)
a certificate in form B of Part III of the Schedule hereto
of the said marriage. Such certificate shall be signed by
the parties to the marriage by two creditable witnesses
of the said marriage known to the Marriage Officer, and by the
Marriage Officer who shall also enter up in the counterfoil
the prescribed particulars and sign the same: Provided
that if any of the parties to the marriage cannot sign, he
shall affix his mark in the presence of the Marriage Officer
and of the two witnesses.

(2) Every Marriage Officer shall, within seven days
of a Hindu marriage being solemnized by him, transmit
to the District Registrar the certificate referred to in the
preceding subsection together with the prescribed fee
collected by him from the parties to the marriage.

(3) Upon receipt of the said certificate, the District

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Marriages
which may
not be
registered.

Marriage
certificate.

Form B.