Section 31: Register of marriages and divorces

(1) The court registrar before whom a dissolution of marriage is registered shall maintain a register of divorces and shall forthwith enter therein the prescribed particulars of all orders of divorces sent to him.
(2)
Any court which grants and records an order of divorce or which permits and records any talaq or any other form of divorce shall forthwith send a certified copy of the record to the Chief Registrar.
(3) In sections 30 and 31 of this Act "court" means the customary court or area court; and "registrar" means the registrar of a customary court or area court.