law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  6. Marriage Notice Book and publication
  (1) The Marriage
  
  Officer shall keep all notices given under section 5 with the records of his
  
  office and shall also forthwith enter a true copy of every such notice in a
  
  book prescribed for that purpose, to be called the Marriage Notice Book, and
  
  such book shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times, without fee, by
  
  any person desirous of inspecting the same.
  (2) The Marriage
  
  officer shall cause every such notice to be published by affixing a copy
  
  thereof to some conspicuous place in his office.
  (3) Where either of
  
  the parties to an intended marriage is not permanently residing within the
  
  local limits of the district of the Marriage Officer to whom the notice has
  
  been given under section 5, the Marriage Office shall also cause a copy of such
  
  notice to be transmitted to the Marriage Office of the district within whose
  
  limits such party is permanently residing, and that Marriage Officer shall
  
  thereupon cause a copy thereof to be affixed to some conspicuous place in his
  
  office.