law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  72. Issuing certificate after expiry of
  
  notice, or, in case of minor, within fourteen days after notice, or against
  
  authorized prohibition
  Any Marriage Registrar
  
  Knowingly and willfully issuing any certificate for marriage after the expiration
  
  of 40[two months] after the notice has been entered by him as
  
  aforesaid, or knowingly and willfully issuing, without the order of a competent
  
  Courts authorizing him so to do, any certificate for marriage, where one of the
  
  parties intending marriage is a minor, before the expiration of fourteen days
  
  after the entry of such notice, or any certificate the issue of which has been
  
  forbidden as aforesaid by any person authorized in this behalf, shall be deemed
  
  to have committed an offence under section 166 of the Indian Penal Code.