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1. (1) * * * * * |
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and it |
applies also to all citizens of India without and beyond India: |
Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the |
Union territory of Pondicherry. |
* * * * * |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— |
(a) ‘‘child’’ means a person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years |
of age, and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age; |
(b) "child marriage" means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties |
is a child; |
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EXTRACT FROM THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ACT, 1872 |
(15 OF 1872) |
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PART VI |
MARRIAGE OF INDIAN CHRISTIANS |
60. Every marriage between Indian Christians applying for a certificate, shall, without |
the preliminary notice required under Part III, be certified under this Part, if the following |
conditions be fulfilled, and not otherwise:— |
(1) the age of the man intending to be a married shall not be under twenty-one years, |
and the age of the woman intending to be married shall not be under eighteen years; |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE PARSI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ACT, 1936 |
(3 OF 1936) |
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II.—MARRIAGES BETWEEN PARSIS |
3. (1) No marriage shall be valid if— |
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(c) in the case of any Parsi (whether such Parsi has changed his or her religion or |
domicile or not) who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, and if a |
female, has not completed eighteen years of age. |
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Short title, |
extent and |
commencement. |
On what |
conditions |
marriages of |
Indian |
Christians |
may be |
certified. |
Definitions. |
Requisites to |
validity of |
Parsi |
marriages. |
7 |
SCHEDULE II |
(See section 6) |
Certificate of Marriage |
Date and Place of Marriage |
Names of the husband and wife. |
Condition at the time of marriage. |
Rank or profession. |
Age. |
Residence. |
Names of the fathers or guardians. |
Rank or profession. |
Signature of the officiating priest. |
Signatures of the contracting parties. |
Signatures of the fathers or guardians |
of the contracting parties under 21 years |
of age. |
Signatures of Witnesses. |
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EXTRACT FROM THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954 |
(43 OF 1954) |
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CHAPTER II |
SOLEMNIZATION OF SPECIAL MARRIAGES |
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force |
relating to the solemnization of marriages, a marriage between any two persons may be |
solemnized under this Act, if at the time of the marriage the following conditions are fulfilled, |
namely:— |
* * * * * |
(c) the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female, the age |
of eighteen years; |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 |
(25 OF 1955) |
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HINDU MARRIAGES |
5. A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions |
are fulfilled, namely:— |
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(iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years and the bride, |
the age of eighteen years at the time of the marriage; |
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Conditions |
relating to |
solemnization |
of special |
marriages. |
Conditions for |
a Hindu |