# 74 Unlicensed person granting certificate pretending to be license
Whoever, not being licensed to grant a certificate of marriage under Part VI of this Act, grants such certificate intending thereby to make it appear that he is so licensed, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.
1[Whoever, being licensed to grant certificates of marriage under Part VI of this Act, without just cause refuses, or wilfully neglects or omits, to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by that Part shall be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.]
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1. Ins. by Act 2 of 1891, s. 9.
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Solemnizing without notice or within fourteen days after notice, marriage with minor71
Issuing certificate, or marrying, without publication of notice; Marrying after expiry of notice; Solemnizing, marriage with minor within fourteen days, without authority of Court, or without sending copy of notice; issuing certificate against authorized prohibitio72
Issuing certificate after expiry of notice, or, in case of minor, within fourteen days after notice, or against authorized prohibition73
Persons authorized to solemnize marriage (other than Clergy of Churches of England, Scotland or Rome); issuing certificate, or marrying, without publishing notice, or after expiry of certificate; issuing certificate for, or solemnizing, marriage with minor, within fourteen days after notice; issuing certificate authorizedly forbidden; solemnizing marriage authorizedly forbidden75
Destroying or falsifying register-book76
Limitation of prosecutions under Ac77
What matters need not be proved in respect of marriage in accordance with Ac
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