The Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment)Act, 2018
OCTOBER 25, 2018] ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 1

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## THE ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE

### PART IV-B EXTRAORDINARY
 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

**No. 28** **AMARAVATI, THURSDAY,  25[th] OCTOBERBER,  2018.**

#### ANDHRA PRADESH ACTS, ORDINANCES AND
 REGULATIONS Etc.,

The following Act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature received the  assent of the

Governor on the 19[th] October, 2018 and the said assent is hereby first published on the
25[th] October, 2018 in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette for general information :
#### ACT No. 28  of 2018

**AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND THE ANDHRA PRADESH**

**COMPULSORY  REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES ACT, 2002**

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the

Sixty-ninth year of the Republic of India as follows,

**1.** (1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Compulsory

Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Act, 2018.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect on and from

the 8[th] June, 2018.

**2.** In the Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act,

2002, (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act) in section 6, in sub-section
(1), for the words ‘Local Authority’, the words, “Government or Local Authority”

shall be substituted.

**3.** In the Principal Act, in section 7, in sub-section (1) after the words,

“shall be registered” the words, “online or otherwise, as the case may be”
shall be inserted.


Short title and

Commencement.

Amendment of

Section 6.

Act No. 15 of

2002.

Amendment of

Section 7.


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Amendment of
Section 12.

Amendment of
Section 21.

Repeal of
Ordinance No.2 of
2018.


**4.** In the Principal  Act, in section 12, in sub-section (1) after the words,

“Marriage Certificate” the words, “or digitally signed Marriage Certificate,

as the case may be”, shall be inserted.

**5.** In the Principal Act, in section 21, in sub-section (2) after clause (d),

the following clause shall be added, namely,
“(e) the automated marriage registration process.”

**6.** The Andhra Pradesh Compulsory Registration of Marriages

(Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 is hereby repealed.

**DUPPALA VENKATA RAMANA,**

_Secretary to Government,_

_Legal and Legislative Affairs and Justice,_

_Law Department._


Printed by the Commissioner of Printing, at A.P. Legislative Assembly Printing Press, Amaravati.


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