Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872
29. Quarterly returns to Archdeaconry
Every Clergyman of the
Church of England shall send four times in every year returns in duplicate,
authenticated by his signature, of the entries in the register of marriages
solemnized at any place where he has any spiritual charge, to the Registrar of
the Archdeaconry to which he is subject, or within the limits of which such
place is situate.
Contents of returns
Such quarterly returns
shall contain all the entries of marriages contained in the said register from
the first day of January to the thirty-first day of March, from the first day
of April to the thirtieth day of June, from the first day of July to the
thirtieth day of September, and from the first day of October to the thirty
first day of December, of each year, respectively, and shall be sent by such
Clergyman within two weeks from the expiration of each of the quarters above
specified.
The said Registrar
upon receiving the said returns shall send one copy thereof to the 22[registrar
General of a Births, Deaths and Marriages].