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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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