Section 30: Registration of customary marriages

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, every customary marriage contracted in or dissolved in Nigeria shall immediately after the commencement of this Act, be registered within sixty days in the area court or customary court where the marriage was contracted or dissolved.
(2) Every court registrar shall keep a marriage register and such books as may be prescribed by the Registrar-General and as soon as practicable after the end of each month deliver to the Chief Registrar such returns and in such form as the Registrar-General may require.