Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872
Act No : 15
Section :
Issuing certificate after expiry of notice, or, in case of minor,within fourteen days after notice, or against authorised prohibition.
72.Issuing certificate after expiry of notice, or, in case ofminor, within fourteen days after notice, or against authorisedprohibition.-Any Marriage Registrar knowingly and wilfully issuing anycertificate for marriage after the expiration of 2*[two months] afterthe notice has been entered by him as aforesaid, or knowingly and wilfully issuing, without the order of a compe-tent Court authorizing him so to do, any certificate for marriage,where one of the parties intending marriage is a minor, before theexpiration of fourteen days after the entry of such notice, or anycertificate the issue of which has been forbidden as aforesaid by anyperson authorized in this behalf,shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 166 of theIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
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