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No. Puducherry Friday 29th October 2021
(7 Kartika 1943)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
(G.O. Ms. No. 13, Puducherry, dated 26th October 2021)
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (4) of
section 8 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Central Act 25 of 1955),
the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby makes the following
rules further to amend the Puducherry Hindu Marriage (Registration)
Rules, 1969 notified in G.O. Ms. No. 15, dated 7th April, 1969 of the
Revenue Department, Government of Pondicherry and published in the
Extraordinary Gazette No. 49, dated 12th April 1969, namely:-
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AMENDMENT
1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) These rules may be
called the "Puducherry Hindu Marriage (Registration) Amendment Rules,
2021".
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of
Puducherry.
(3) They shall come into force on and from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amendment of rule 5.— In the Puducherry Hindu Marriage
(Registration) Rules, 1969, for the existing rule 5, the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
5. Application for registration of marriage and mode of
presentation – An application for registration of a Hindu Marriage shall
be in Form-I. It shall be presented to the Marriage Registrar either in
person by the husband or wife at any time during office hours of working
day or be sent to him by registered post, acknowledgment due so as to
reach him within three months from the date of marriage:
Provided that the Marriage Registrar may entertain an
application whether presented in person or sent by registered post after
the expiry of the said period of three months, but, within a period not
exceeding fifteen years from the date of marriage, if, he is satisfied that
the husband or wife was prevented by sufficient cause from filing
application in time:
Provided further that where such application is filed after the
expiry of the period of fifteen years as aforesaid but, within a period of
forty years from the date of marriage, a copy of the application together
with a copy of the reasons for the delay shall be submitted to the District
Registrar of Marriages through the Marriage Registrar and the same shall
be entertained after obtaining his special permission:
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Provided also where such application is filed after the expiry of
the period of forty years as aforesaid from the date of marriage, a copy
of the application together with a copy of the reasons for the delay shall
be submitted to the Registrar-General of Marriages, Puducherry and the
same shall be entertained after obtaining his special permission.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
PURVA GARG, I.A.S.,
Special Secretary to Government (Revenue).
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