Marriage Act 1949

64 Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars

(1) Every superintendent registrar shall cause indexes of the marriage register books in his office to be made and to be kept with the other records of his office, and the Registrar General shall supply to every superintendent registrar suitable forms for the making of such indexes.

(2) Any person shall be entitled at all reasonable hours to search the said indexes, and to have a certified copy of any entry in the said marriage register books under the hand of the superintendent registrar, on payment to the superintendent registrar of the following fee, that is to say:—

(a) for every general search, the sum of five shillings'.

(b) for every particular search, the sum of one shilling; and

(c) for every certified copy, the sum of two shillings and sixpence.