Lawgist4Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages
A marriage between parties one of whom at least is a citizen of India may be solemnized under this Act by or before a Marriage Officer in a foreign country, if, at the time of the marriage, the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:--
(a) neither party has a spouse living,
(b) neither party is an idiot or a lunatic,
(c) the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years and the bride the age of eighteen years at the time of the marriage, and
(d) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship:
Provided that where the personal law or a custom governing at least one of the parties permits of a marriage between them, such marriage may be solemnized, notwithstanding that they are within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
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- 4 Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages
- 5 Notice of intended marriage
- 6 Marriage Notice Book
- 7 Publication of notice
- 8 Objection to marriage
- 9 Solemnization of marriage where no objection made
- 10 Procedure on receipt of objection
- 11 Marriage not to be in contravention of local laws
- 12 Declaration by parties and witnesses
- 13 Place and form of solemnization
- 14 Certificate of marriage
- 15 Validity of foreign marriages in India
- 16 New notice when marriage not solemnized within six months
