Foreign Marriage Act, 1969

Bare Act · 1969

An Act to make provision relating to marriages of citizens of India outside India.

Act number: 33 of 1969
Enacted: 31 August 1969
Contents: 30 sections

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Section 1 – Short title
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Marriage Officers
Section 4 – Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages
Section 5 – Notice of intended marriage
Section 6 – Marriage Notice Book (preview)
Section 7 – Publication of notice (preview)
Section 8 – Objection to marriage (preview)
Section 9 – Solemnization of marriage where no objection made (preview)
Section 10 – Procedure on receipt of objection (preview)
Section 11 – Marriage not to be in contravention of local laws (preview)
Section 12 – Declaration by parties and witnesses (preview)
Section 13 – Place and form of solemnization (preview)
Section 14 – Certificate of marriage (preview)
Section 15 – Validity of foreign marriages in India (preview)
Section 16 – New notice when marriage not solemnized within six months (preview)
Section 17 – Registration of foreign marriages (preview)
Section 18 – Matrimonial reliefs to be under Special Marriage Act, 1954 (preview)
Section 19 – Punishment for bigamy (preview)
Section 20 – Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for marriage (preview)
Section 21 – Punishment for false declaration (preview)
Section 22 – Punishment for wrongful action of Marriage Officer (preview)
Section 23 – Recognition of marriages solemnized under law of other countries (preview)
Section 24 – Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in accordance with local law in a foreign country (preview)
Section 25 – Certified copy of entries to be evidences (preview)
Section 26 – Correction of errors (preview)
Section 27 – Act not to affect validity of marriages outside it (preview)
Section 28 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 29 – Amendment of Act 43 of 1954 (preview)
Section 30 – Repeal (preview)

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