Section 48Petition when Registrar doubts authority of person forbidding

s. 48

48. Petition when Registrar doubts authority of person forbidding Whenever a Marriage Registrar, acting under the provisions of section 44, is not satisfied that the person for- bidding the issue of the certificate is authorized by law so to do, the said Marriage Registrar shall apply by petition, to the District Judge. [Procedure on petition] The said petition shall state all the circumstances of the case, and pray for the order and direction of the Court concerning the same, and the said District Judge shall examine into the allegations of the petition and the circumstances of the case; and if, upon such examination, it appears, that the person forbidding the issue of such certificate is not authorized by law so to do, such District Judge shall declare that the person forbidding the issue of such certificate is not authorized as aforesaid, and thereupon such certificate shall be issued, and the like proceedings may be had in relation to such marriage as if the issue had not been forbidden. [* * *]

1. 7. Paragraphs 6th, 7th and 8th of section 48 were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)