The expressions " Registrar-General" and "registrar " mean respectively the Registrar-General within the meaning of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836, and a superintendent registrar of marriages within the meaning of the Marriage Act, 1836 ; and

The expression " marriage officer " means a marriage officer for the time being under the M1Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, and includes any person for the time being empowered to register a marriage under section eighteen of that Act.