Special Marriage Act, 1872

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SECTIONS:
1. Local extent.
2. Conditions upon which marriages under Act may be celebrated.
3. Appointment of Marriage Registrars.
4. One of the parties to intended marriage to give notice to Registrar.
5. Notice to be filed and copy entered in the Marriage Notice Book.
6. Objection to marriage.
7. Procedure on receipt of objection.
8. Certificate of filing of suit to be lodged with Registrar.
9. Court may fine when objection not reasonable.
10. Declaration by parties and witnesses.
11. Marriage how to be solemnized.
12. Place where marriage may be solemnized.
13. Certificate of marriage.
13A. Transmission of certified copies of entries in Marriage Certificate Book to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
14. Fees.
15. Penalty on married person marrying again under Act.
16. Punishment of bigamy.
17. Divorce Act to apply.
18. Law to apply to issue of marriages under Act.
19. Saving of marriages solemnized otherwise than under Act.
20. [Repealed.]
21. Penalty for signing declarations or certificates containing false statements.
22. Effect of certain marriages on coparcenary.
23. Rights of succession in certain cases of marriages under Act.
24. Succession to the property of parties married under Act.
25. Person marrying under Act not to have right of adoption.
26. Adoption by father of person marrying under Act.
FIRST SCHEDULE.- NOTICE OF MARRIAGE
SECOND SCHEDULE.- DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE
THIRD SCHEDULE.- REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE
FOURTH SCHEDULE.- [Repealed.]







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