The promulgation of this ordinance has been necessitated as the Vidhan Sabha is not in session and the Supreme Court of India had, on October 25, 2007, directed that registration of marriages be made compulsory.

After the date of commencement of this ordinance, every marriage solemnised in the state, irrespective of caste, religion or creed, shall be registered under the provisions of this ordinance. In case the marriage is already registered outside the state, it shall not be registered again in Haryana.

In case of residents of Haryana, if they have solemnised the marriage outside the state, they can get their marriage registered in Haryana. Parties who were married before the date of commencement of this law may also get their marriage registered if they are residents of Haryana.

The state government shall appoint a Chief Registrar for the state for this purpose and he will be the chief executive authority in the state for execution of the provisions of this ordinance.

The parties to a marriage shall prepare and sign a memorandum in the prescribed form and deliver or send it by registered post in duplicate to the registrar of the area concerned in which the marriage was solemnised within a period of 90 days from the date of marriage. The memorandum shall be accompanied with the prescribed fee in the form of court fee stamps and would be attested by an authorised person.