law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  34. Certificate to be forwarded to
  
  Marriage Registrar, copied, and sent to Registrar General
  The person solemnizing
  
  the marriage shall forthwith separate the certificate from the
  
  marriage-register-book and send it, within one month from the time of the
  
  solemnization, to the Marriage Registrar of the district in which the marriage
  
  was solemnized, or, if there be more Marriage Registrars than one, to the
  
  Senior Marriage Registrar, who shall cause such certificate to be copied into a
  
  book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall send all the certificates
  
  which he has received during the month, with such number and signature or
  
  initials added thereto as are hereinafter required, to the 23[Registrar
  
  General of Births, Deaths and Marriages].