(1) The Marriage Officer shall keep all notices given under section 5 with the records of his office and shall also forthwith enter a true copy of every such notice in a book prescribed for that purpose, to be called the Marriage Notice Book, and such book shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times, without fee, by any person desirous of inspecting the same.
(2) The Marriage Officer shall cause every such notice to be published by affixing a copy thereof to some conspicuous place in his office.
(3) Where either of the parties to an intended marriage is not permanently residing within the local limits of the district of the Marriage Officer to whom the notice has been given under section 5, the Marriage Officer shall also cause a copy of such notice to be transmitted to the Marriage Officer of the district within whose limits such party is permanently residing, and that Marriage Officer shall thereupon cause a copy thereof to be affixed to some conspicuous place in his office.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 6
Section 6 mandates the maintenance of the Marriage Notice Book and the public display of notices of intended marriage, a provision that has been judicially recalibrated to protect the constitutional privacy of couples.
When filing notice under Section 5, cite Safiya Sultana and request in writing that personal mobile numbers, home addresses, and photographs not be displayed publicly or uploaded on public websites to safeguard the couple from unauthorized intrusions.