Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872
79. Searches and copies of entries
Every person
solemnizing a marriage under this Act, and hereby required to register the
same, and, every Marriage Registrar or 42[Registrar General of Births,
Deaths and Marriages] having the custody for the time being of any register of
marriages, or of any certificate, or duplicate, or copies of certificate, under
this Act, shall, on payment of the proper fees, at all reasonable times, allow
searches to be made in such register, or for such certificate, or duplicate or
copies, and give a copy under his hand of any entry in the same.