Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872
17. Issue of certificate of notice
given and declaration made
Any Minister of
Religion consenting or intending to solemnize any such marriage as aforesaid,
shall, on being required so to do by or on behalf of the person by whom the
notice was given, and upon one of the persons intending marriage making the
declaration hereinafter required, issue under his hand a certificate of such
notice having been given and of such declaration having been made :
Proviso
Provided -
(1) that no such
certificate shall be issued until the expiration of four days after the date of
the receipt of the notice by such Minister;
(2) that no lawful
impediment be shown to his satisfaction why such certificate should not issue;
and
(3) that the issue of
such certificate has not been forbidden, in manner hereinafter mentioned, by
any person authorized in that behalf.