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(1) This Act may be called the Special Marriage
Act, 1954.
((2) It extends to the whole of India 1***, and applies also to citizens of India domiciled in the
territories to which this Act extends who are 2[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir].
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
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1. The words except the State of Jammu and Kashmir omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
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2. Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for outside the said territories (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).
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3. 1st January, 1955, _vide_ notification No. S.R.O. 3606, dated 17th December, 1954, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3.
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The Act has been extended to State of Sikkim _vide_ notification No. S.O. 1629(E), dated 15th April 2021, _see_ Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
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