Registration of marriages, divorces and revocation of divorces
3.—(1) Every Kadi and Naib Kadi shall register in Form 1 in the Schedule every marriage solemnized by him and shall, within one week of the registration of the marriage, send to the Registrar the duly completed Form and a copy of the certificate of marriage as required under section 100(1) of the Act.
(2) Where the parties to a marriage who have divorced attend before a Kadi for the purpose of registering the divorce, the Kadi shall, upon being satisfied in accordance with the Act that it is proper to do so, register the divorce in Form 2 in the Schedule and shall, within one week of the registration of the divorce, send to the President of the Syariah Court the duly completed Form and a copy of the certificate of divorce as required under section 99(4) of the Act.
(3) Where the parties to a marriage who have divorced attend before a Kadi for the purpose of registering the revocation of the divorce, the Kadi shall, upon being satisfied in accordance with the Act that it is proper to do so, register the revocation of the divorce in Form 3 in the Schedule and shall, within one week of the registration of the revocation of divorce, send to the Registrar the duly completed Form and a copy of the certificate of revocation of divorce as required under section 99(1) of the Act.
(4) Every entry in Form 1, Form 2 or Form 3, as the case may be, shall be signed by the Kadi or Naib Kadi who made the entry, and by the following persons:
(a)
in the case of an entry in Form 1, by the man and the woman who are being married and by two witnesses who are present at the marriage ceremony and, where necessary, by the wali of the woman;
(b)
in the case of an entry in Form 2, by the husband and the wife who are being divorced and by two witnesses to the identity of the husband and of the wife and to the divorce being effected; and
(c)
in the case of an entry in Form 3, by the man and the woman who have been divorced and by two witnesses to the identity of the man and of the woman and to the revocation of divorce being effected.