law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  67. Forbidding, by false personation,
  
  issue of certificate by Marriage Registrar
  Whoever forbids the
  
  issue, by a Marriage Registrar, of a certificate, by falsely representing
  
  himself to be a person whose consent to the marriage is required by law,
  
  knowing or believing such representation to be false, or not having reason to
  
  believe it to be true, shall be deemed guilty of the offence described in
  
  section 205 of the Indian Penal Code.