Section 77: Marriage by registration

1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of Section 69 and Section 74, if a man and a woman desire to conclude marriage by registration, they shall file an application in the concerned District Court, if they are in Nepal, and in the Nepali embassy or consulate general, if they are outside Nepal, specifying therein their name, surname, age, address, profession, name of their father, mother, grand-father, grand-mother, whether previously married or not, if married, the details of the dissolution of marriage and also the name of at least two witnesses.

2) In order to file an application pursuant to sub-section (1), either the man or the woman or both must have resided since at least fifteen days ago in the concerned district if the application has to be filed in the District Court, and, if the application is to be filed in the embassy or consulate general, in the country in which such an embassy or a consulate general is situated.