Special Marriage Act, 1954
6. Marriage Notice Book and publication
(1) The Marriage
Officer shall keep all notices given under section 5 with the records of his
office and shall also forthwith enter a true copy of every such notice in a
book prescribed for that purpose, to be called the Marriage Notice Book, and
such book shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times, without fee, by
any person desirous of inspecting the same.
(2) The Marriage
officer shall cause every such notice to be published by affixing a copy
thereof to some conspicuous place in his office.
(3) Where either of
the parties to an intended marriage is not permanently residing within the
local limits of the district of the Marriage Officer to whom the notice has
been given under section 5, the Marriage Office shall also cause a copy of such
notice to be transmitted to the Marriage Office of the district within whose
limits such party is permanently residing, and that Marriage Officer shall
thereupon cause a copy thereof to be affixed to some conspicuous place in his
office.