law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  62. Keeping of register-book and
  
  deposit of extracts there from with Registrar General
  
  (1) Every person
  
  licensed under section 9 shall keep in English, or in the vernacular language
  
  in ordinary use in the district or State in which the marriage was solemnized,
  
  and in such form as the State Government by which he was licensed may from time
  
  to time prescribe, a register-book of all marriages solemnized under this Part
  
  in his presence, and shall deposit in the office of the Registrar General of
  
  Births, Deaths and Marriages for the territories under the administration of
  
  the said State Government, in such form and at such intervals as that
  
  Government may prescribe, true and duly authenticated extracts from his
  
  register-book of all entries made therein since the last of those intervals.]