Section 80: Provisions relating to registration of marriage

1) After the deed of consent has been signed pursuant to Section 79, the concerned authority shall register such a marriage in the registration book, which has to be signed by such an authority and also by the parties to the marriage and witnesses present.

2) Once the marriage is registered pursuant to sub-section (1), the concerned authority shall issue a marriage registration certificate, in the form according to prevailing laws, to the parties to the marriage registration.

3) Marriage shall be deemed to have been concluded between the applicants from the date on which the marriage registration certificate is obtained pursuant to sub-section (2).