70 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(22)
Use of marriage records
22. Marriage records to be open to inspection etc. —The Hindu Dharmik Marriage Register and the Hindu Civil Marriage Certificate Book shall, at all reasonable times, be open for inspection and shall be admissible as evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained.
Certified extracts therefrom shall, on application be given by the Registrar on payment to him of the prescribed fee.
(23)
23. Transmission of copies of entries in marriage records to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages. —The Registrar shall send to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the State within which his district is situate at such intervals as may be prescribed, a true copy in the prescribed form and certified by him of all entries made by him in the Hindu Dharmik Marriage Register and the Hindu Civil Marriage Certificate Book since the last of such intervals.