Any person secreting, destroying, or dishonestly or fraudulently altering the said register in any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) for a term which may extend to two years or if he be a Register, for a term which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages.Section 4 · Remarriage when unlawful.Section 5 · Punishment of bigamy.Section 6 · Certificate and registry of marriage.Section 7 · Appointment of Registrar.Section 8 · Marriage register to be open for public inspection.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2020-04-22. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.