Marriage Act 1949

65 Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General. E+W

(1) The Registrar General shall cause indexes of all certified copies of entries in marriage register books sent to him under this Part of this Act to be made and kept in the General Register Office.

(2) Any person shall be entitled to search the said indexes [F1 at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose], and to have a certified copy of any entry in the said certified copies of marriage register books, on payment to the Registrar General or to such other person as may be appointed to act on his behalf of the following fee, that is to say:—

(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(c) for every certified copy, the sum of [F3 £6.00].

(3) The Registrar General shall cause all certified copies of entries given in the General Register Office to be sealed or stamped with the seal of that Office; and any certified copy of an entry purporting to be sealed or stamped with the said seal shall be received as evidence of the marriage to which it relates without any further or other proof of the entry, and no certified copy purporting to have been given in the said Office shall be of any force or effect unless it is sealed or stamped as aforesaid.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 1 para. 15(a)

F2 Ss. 63(1)(a), 64(2)(b) and 65(2)(a)(b) repealed by S.I. 1968/1242

F3 Fee in s. 65(2)(c) substituted (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3162, art. 3); and that same fee payable: (1.4.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1995/3162, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3152, art. 3); (1.4.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1996/3152, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/2939, art. 3)

F4 S. 65(4) repealed by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 2