The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
14.Certificate of marriage.-
(1) Whenever a marriage is solemnized under this Act, the
Marriage Officer shall enter a certificate thereof in the form specified in the
Third Schedule in a book to be kept by him for that purpose and to be called
the Marriage Certificate Book, and such certificate shall be signed by the
parties to the Marriages and the three witnesses.
(2) On a certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate
Book by the Marriage Officer, the certificate shall be deemed to the conclusive
evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized, and
that all formalities respecting the residence of the party concurred previous
to the marriage and the signature of witnesses have been complied with.