How to go about court marriage

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ACTS AND RULES: OTHER ACTS
SPECIAL MARRIAGE (KARNATAKA) 1RULES, 1961

NOTIFICATION
No. HD. 13MCIM 59(1), dated Bangalore 2nd May 1961 (Vaisakha 12, Saka Era 1983).

In exercise of the powers conferred by Sec. 50 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (Central Act. 43 of 1954) the Government of Karnataka hereby makes the following Rules:-

1. 1) These Rules may be called the Special Marriage Karnataka Rules, 1961.

2) They shall extend to the whole of the State of Karnataka.

2. In these Rules :-

a. Act means the special Marriage Act, 1954 (Central Act 43, of 1954)

b. Form means a form appended to these Rules;

c. Section means a section of the Act.

3. Every Marriage Officer shall cause his name designation and the regular working hours of his office to be written in English and in Kannada and displayed in a conspicuous part of the building in which his office is situated.

4. (1) Notice of any intended marriage under the Act shall be given in writing in the form specified in the Second Schedule to the Act to the Marriage Officer by both the parties intending to enter into the marriage either in person or by registered post.

(2) Where the notice is delivered in person, the fee prescribed therefor in rule 10 shall be paid directly in cash to the Marriage Officer. Where the notice is sent by registered post the fee shall be remitted by money order at the remitters expense and the receipt issued to the remitter by the post office through which the remittance is made shall be attached to the notice.

(3) As soon as the notice has been received by the Marriage Officer a distinctive serial number shall be entered on it and such number and the date of receipt of the notice shall be attested by the signature of the Marriage Officer. If the notice is in the confirmity with the requirements of the Act, it shall be entered in the marriage notice book which shall be

1. Published in Karnataka Gazette part IV I C (ii) 16 dated May 18, 1961 page 1003 to 1010.

bound volume, the pages of which are machine numbered consecutively with a nominal index attached. If the notice is not in conformity with the requirements of the Act, it shall be got rectified by the parties if they are present or returned to them by post for rectification and retransmission within a date to be fixed. Every item of rectification shall be attested by both the parties.

(4) The marriage officer may for purpose of satisfying himself that the parties of the intended marriage have attained the age specified in clause (c) of section, 4, require them to produce their Birth Certificate or other satisfactory evidence of age.

5) A true copy of the notice under the seal and signature of the Marriage officer shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place in his office.

6) (1) Where an objection to the solemnization of an intended marriage together with the fee prescribed in rule 10 has been received and recorded by the Marriage Officer, he shall, unless by an order in writing rejects the objection summarily on the ground that the objection is not based on contravention of any of the conditions specified in sec. 4, enquire into the objection on a day to be fixed by him. The day so fixed shall not be later than thirty days from the date of the objection.

(2) The Marriage officer shall, at the time of recording the objection, ascertain from the objector whether he has any documents on which he relies or whether he desires any witness or witnesses to be examined on his behalf. If the objector states that he has, the Marriage officer shall require the objector to produce the documents or the witnesses on the day fixed for the enquiry. If the objector desires that summons shall be issued to the witnessee to appear and give evidences or to produce any document, the Marriage officer shall issue such a summons to the witnesses cited, on payment of the process fee prescribed therefor in rule 10 and the reasonable expenses of travelling and subsistence allowance to the witnesses. The enquiry relating to the objection including the production of documents and the examination of witness shall be completed and the decision of the marriage officer arrived at within the period of thirty days specified in section 8. If, within the prescribed period the documents are not produced and the witnesses do not appear before the marriage officer, the marriage officer shall take a decision without waiting for the production of such documents or the appearance of such witnesses.

(3) The marriage Officer shall also give notice of the date and time fixed for the enquiry to the parties to the intended marriage.

(4) The notice or summons to any party or witness under this rule shall be in Form I or Form II, as the case may be and shall be sent by registered post therefor.

(5) On the date fixed for the enquiry or an any adjourned date, the marriage officer shall record in his own hand the evidence given in the course of the enquiry, his decision on the objection and the reasons therefor.

7) (1) An application under sec. 16 for the registration of a marriage celebrated in other forms shall be in Form III.

(2) Such application shall be presented to the Marriage officer by any one of the parties in persons or sent to him by registered post.

(3) Notice of the application under sub-rule [1] shall be given by the Marriage Officer by exhibiting a true copy thereof under his seal and signature in a conspicuous place outside his office. The notice also shall state that objections, if any, to the registration of the Marriage should be preferred by the objector in person orally or in writing to the Marriage Officer within thirty days from the date on which the notice is exhibited.

(4) Any objection received with in the said period together with the fee prescribed therefor in rule 10 shall be recorded and the enquiry in respect thereto made as nearly as possible in the manner prescribed in rules 6.

8) The Marriage Officer may, on application by both the parties to the marriage, solemnize the same at any place outside his office provided the additional fee prescribed therefor in rule 10 is paid and the hour is not unreasonable.

9) The Marriage Certificate Book shall be a bound volume the pages of which are machine numbered consecutively with a nominal index attached. Every marriage certificate entered therein during each calendar year shall be consecutively numbered and every authenticated copy of a certificate issued to the parties shall bear the number and the date, month and year in which the certificate was entered.

Advocate Kishan Dutt Kalaskar LawRato

954 votes

To get a marriage registered you need to be a domicile of Bangalore. It would be allowed even if one of the spouse is the domicile of Bangalore.

You need to produce the identification cards of Bangalore area in order to get the marriage registered.

Advocate Anish Acharya LawRato

916 votes

To get your marriage registered, what you need is your marriage invitation, marriage photographs, witnesses to the marriage as the primary documents. Collect those documents first and approach the sub registrar's office

LawRato LawRato

945 votes

Hi,

I have read you quiry. You can get married in Bangalore as you have rent agreement as a adress proof of Bangalore, but you have not mentioned about your partner, does he/she has any adress proof of Bangalore?

The procedure of court is as follows
1. Notice of marriage should me given to the marriage registrar of district. The notice will be of 30 days.
2. In that 30 days objections will be invited by the registrar.
3. At the day of marriage declaration form should be signed by both the parties.
4. Marriage certificate will be issued by the registrar

List of documents required.

1. Parmanent I'd proff
2. Prof of leaving in Bangalore (rent agreement, electronic bill, gas connection)
2 two passport size photograph
3. Three witness and there adhar card

LawRato LawRato

643 votes

You should have your 10th Marks card for your age proof and voter i.d or Adahar card or driving licence or pass port for your i.d proof same in the case of your partner and witness for both the side required. First you have to file application before the jurisdictional sub registrar office. Contact advocate to make your job easy and to know the legal bindings.

Advocate Rajesh K.S LawRato