law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  68. Solemnizing marriage without due
  
  authority
  
  Whoever, not being
  
  authorized by section 5 of this Act to solemnize marriages, solemnizes or
  
  professes to solemnize, in the absence of a Marriage Registrar of the district
  
  in which the ceremony takes place, a marriage between persons one or both of
  
  whom is or are a Christian or Christians, shall be punished with imprisonment
  
  which may extend to ten years, or (in lieu of a sentence of imprisonment for
  
  seven years or upwards) with transportation for a term of not less than seven
  
  years, and not exceeding ten years, 37[***]and shall also be liable to fine.]