The State authorities has notified the Tamil Nadu Anand Marriage Registration Rules, 2026, specifying procedures to beryllium followed for registration of Anand Marriages solemnised successful the State.
Anand Marriages are solemnised according to Sikh matrimony ceremonies, commonly known as Anand Karaj.
The District Registrar acrophobic would beryllium the District Registrar of Anand Marriages, and the authorised Sub-Registrar would beryllium the Registrar of Anand Marriages wrong his/her jurisdiction.
These marriages indispensable beryllium registered with the Registrar wrong whose jurisdiction they were solemnised. The parties to the matrimony indispensable taxable a signifier to the Registrar, enclosing documents proving the solemnisation of the matrimony and the signatures of the witnesses, and registry their matrimony wrong 30 days of its solemnisation. The parties to the matrimony who person not registered their matrimony wrong the play specified whitethorn besides get their matrimony registered.
On verification and scrutiny of the memorandum and documents, the Registrar would participate the particulars of the matrimony successful the registry and contented a Certificate of Anand Marriage successful Form-IV. If determination are reasons to judge that the matrimony had not been performed successful accordance with the Anand Marriage ceremony, the parties whitethorn beryllium asked to nutrient further information.
“The Registrar may, for the reasons to beryllium recorded successful writing, garbage the registration of marriage, if the parties neglect to comply with the directions issued by him,” according to the rules.

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