Section 6 of the Act distinctly and clearly casts a statutory obligation on (A) Officiating Parsi Priest to issue Marriage Certificate in prescribed form, prescribed in Schedule II of the Parsi Act, (B) duly signed not only by him but also by (C) TWO Witnesses to the marriage and (D) send the Marriage Certificate with the prescribed Fee to the Registrar of the place at which the marriage was solemnized.

The Marriage Register is a public document and therefore, under Section 8 of the Parsi Act, it is open to public inspection. The Marriage Register is the evidence of marriage and the same cannot be denied by anyone. Section 9 of the Parsi Act lays down that every Registrar (except the Registrar appointed by the Bombay High Court) shall send at fixed intervals rue copies of Marriage Certificates issued by him to the Registrar of competent jurisdiction (appointed under the Birth, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act).

Violation of Section 6 attracts penalty of fine of Rs. 100/ under Section 13 of the Parsi Act. Section 12 of the Act prescribes simple imprisonment up to three months or with fine up to one hundred rupees or with both, on the Officiating Parsi Priest on his failure to comply with obligations stipulated under Section.

Section 13 of the Act prescribes punishment of Fine, not exceeding Rupees One Hundred (i) for the offence committed by the Priest willfully failing or omitting or neglecting his duties and also (ii) for the offence committed by any person willfully omitting or neglecting to subscribe or attest the Marriage Certificate. Section 15 prescribes punishment of imprisonment up to One year or with fine up to One Thousand Rupees or with both, for the Registrar, if he fails to register the Marriage Certificate.