This Act may be called the Christian Marriage Act, 1872 and is enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to the solemnization of the marriage of persons professing the Christian religion. It extends to the whole of Pakistan. This Act provides law relating to the persons by whom marriages to be solemnized and registered. All marriages solemnized in Pakistan except marriages solemnized under Part V or Part VI of this Act, be registered in the manner prescribed by this Act.