Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration
27. State Marriage Register
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The Registrar must maintain a State Marriage Register containing such records and information as the Registrar may determine on marriages solemnised or registered under this Act.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Marriages appointed under section 26 and includes an Assistant Registrar of Marriages;
The State Marriage Register may be kept in such form as the Registrar may determine.
State Marriage Register
“State Marriage Register” means the State Marriage Register maintained under section 27.
Any person may, upon application to the Registrar and upon payment of the relevant prescribed fee, obtain a copy of or extract from any record or information contained in the State Marriage Register (including a copy or extract that is certified by the Registrar to be a true copy or extract).
record
“record”, in relation to the State Marriage Register, includes —(a)a certificate of marriage created under section 30(2)(a); and(b)a certificate of marriage contained in the State Marriage Register before the date of commencement of section 19 of the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 2022;
The following, if certified by the Registrar to be a true copy or extract, is in any proceedings admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document containing the information or the original record, as the case may be:
a copy of or extract from any information contained in the State Marriage Register;
a copy of or extract from any record contained in the State Marriage Register (including a copy or extract of any record produced from a microfilm or digital image).