AP: Hindu Marriages Registration Fee Enhancement Orders G.O.609 Issued
G.O.Ms.No. 609, Revenue (Regn.II), 22nd December, 2023.
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Act No.25 of 1955), the Government of Andhra Pradesh here by makes the following amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Hindu Marriage Registration Rules, 1965 issued in G.O.Ms.No.654, Home (General) Dept., dated the 22nd March, 1965 as subsequently amended:
In the said rules,
AMENDMENTS
1. in rule 2,
(i) for clause (c), the following shall be substituted, namely,-
“(c) “Form” means a form appended to these rules and maintained either in physical or in electronic form as defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000.”.
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(ii) in clause (f), the words “either in physical or in electronic form” shall be added at the end.
(iii) for clause (h), the following shall be substituted, namely,-
“(h) “Registrar General” means the Inspector General of Registration appointed by the Government under section 3 of the Registration Act, 1908 read with section 6(1) (b) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886 (Central Act 6 of 1886) or section 2(1) (b) of the Andhra Pradesh (T.A Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1953. (Act VIII of 1953).”.
2. in rule 4,
(i) in sub-rule(1), the words “either in physical or in electronic form” shall be added at the end. for sub-rule(2), the following shall be substituted, namely,- (ii)
“(2) The Hindu Marriage Register shall be maintained either in physical or in electronic form having been machine numbered consecutively.”.
3. in rule 5, for sub-rule(1), the following shall be substituted, namely,-
“(1) An application for the registration of a Hindu Marriage, shall be submitted in Form ‘A’ before any Registrar in the State and shall be signed including e-sign by each party to the marriage either in manual form or in electronic form and shall present in person before the same Registrar in the State.
