Filing of
certificate
and registra-
tion of
marriage by
Registrar.
Form TD),

Firm FE.

Legitimacy
of children.

Ch. 29. No. 5.] Hindu Marriage.

requisites Gi a valid Hindu marriage were complied with
at the date it was contracted and that such prior marriage
is still subsisting he shall transmit the declaration to the
Registrar for registration.

15. (1) The Registrar shall file in his office all certificate.
and declarations of Hindu marriages (including translations
thereof) which shall be transmitted to him in accordance
with the provisions of this Ordinance and shall forthwith
register in a book in form D of Part III of the Schedule
hereto to be kept in his office for that purpose (hereinafter
referred to as the “‘ Hindu Marriage Register Book ’’) the
particulars of every such certificate and declaration, and
every entry shall be dated on the day on which it is so made
and shall be signed by the Registrar. Such book shall be
kept in such manner as is best suited for easy reference
thereto.

(2) Upon such registration by the Registrar and
upon payment of the prescribed fee, the Registrar shall
issue and transmit to the partics to the marriage a certificate
of registration of the marriage in form E of Part III of the
Schedule hereto. In the case of a marriage solemnized
after the commencement of this Ordinance the Registrar
shall send a notification of the fact and date of registration
to the Marnage Officer by whom the marriage was
solemnized, and such officer shall thereupon enter such
particulars in the space provided for the purpose on the
counterfoil of the ‘‘ Hindu Marriage Certificate Book.”’

16. The children of any Hindu marriage registered in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
legitimate, and in the case of the children of a prior
marriage registered by virtue of sections 14 and 15 the date
of such legitimation shall be the date of registration of such
prior marriage under the provisions of this Ordinance:

Provided that such legitimation in respect of each child
of such prior martiage shall have effect as from the date of
the birth of each such child:

Provided also that the provisions of this section shall
not operate to alter the status of any child deemed legitimate
by virtue of any other law.