Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872
72. Issuing certificate after expiry of
notice, or, in case of minor, within fourteen days after notice, or against
authorized prohibition
Any Marriage Registrar
Knowingly and willfully issuing any certificate for marriage after the expiration
of 40[two months] after the notice has been entered by him as
aforesaid, or knowingly and willfully issuing, without the order of a competent
Courts authorizing him so to do, any certificate for marriage, where one of the
parties intending marriage is a minor, before the expiration of fourteen days
after the entry of such notice, or any certificate the issue of which has been
forbidden as aforesaid by any person authorized in this behalf, shall be deemed
to have committed an offence under section 166 of the Indian Penal Code.