Rule 3
Application For Marriage
(1) Any male or female interested to conclude the marriage through Registration (Registered Marriage) shall submit a duly signed joint application within the period prescribed in the Act, in the format specified in Schedule-1 before the Marriage Registration Officer.
(2) Upon receiving an application pursuant to Sub-rule (1), the Marriage Registration Officer shall register the application into the marriage application detail register in the format as specified in Schedule-2.
(3) Upon registering the application pursuant to Sub-section (2), the Marriage Registration Officer, if finds such proposed marriage to be in against of the prevailing law and denies to conclude such marriage, shall inform
through a written Notice to the applicants within seven days of registration of such application, by stating the reasons for denial that on what grounds that marriage seems illegal.