Act Info:
1[(1)] No marriage shall be valid if-
(a) the contracting parties are related to each other in any of the degrees of consanguinity or affinity set forth in Schedule I; or
(b) such marriage is not solemnized according to the Parsi form of ceremony called " Ashirvad " by a priest in the presence of two Parsi witnesses other than such priest; or
2[(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, fund if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age.]
3[(2) Notwithstanding that a marriage is invalid under any of the provisions of sub-section (1), any child of such marriage who would have been legitimate if the marriage had been valid, shall be legitimate.]
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1. Section 3 renumbered as sub-seciton (1) thereof by the Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-04-1988.
2. Substituted for "in the case of any Parsi (whether such Parsi has changed has or her religion or domicile or not) who has not completed the age of twenty-one years, the consent of his or her father or guardian has not been previously given to such marriage." By the Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-04-1988.
3. Inserted by the Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-04-1988.