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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 15, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2025)

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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La Gazette de L' État de Poudouchéry

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1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) These rules may

be called the Puducherry Hindu Marriage (Registration) Amendment

Rules, 2025.

(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 16.— In the Puducherry Hindu Marriage

(Registration) Rules, 1969, for Rule 16, the following shall be substituted,

namely:-

“16. Schedule of fees :- The following fees shall be levied by

the Marriage Registrar:-

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Description

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(1)

(2)

(3)

(i)

For the registration of a marriage (to be paid by the

. . 100.00

parties to the marriage) which will be exclusive of

any other fees levied by devasthanams for marriages

in temples.

(ii)

For a certified copy of an entry in the Hindu

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10.00

Marriage Register (to be paid by the Applicant).

(iii)

For making a search (to be paid by the Applicant)

(a) If, the entry is of the current year

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10.00

(b) If, the entry relates to any previous year or

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10.00

years (for each such year).

(iv)

Computer fees.

. . 100.00

Provided that no search fee shall be levied for grant of a certified

copy of an entry in the Hindu Marriage Register on application at the

time of registration of the marriage:

Provided further that an application fee of rupees two in the

shape of Court-fee labels affixed to the Application shall be levied for

each copy Application presented of such Certified copy.

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Published by the Director, Government Press, Puducherry.

(v) For registering a marriage at any place outside the Office

of the Marriage Registrar, rupees ten shall be appropriated by the

Marriage Registrar, in addition to the fee in entry (i) above (to be paid

by the parties to the marriage).

The fees prescribed above shall be paid either in person or

remitted by money order to the Marriage Registrar”.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

KULOTHUNGAN. A, I.A.S.,

Special Secretary to Government (Revenue).

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