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Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....Marriages' means 'the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed under the Mysore Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1956', "-Mysore Act 20 of 1956, S. 1- [29-10-1956] r/w Act 31 of 1973, S. 5 [1-11-1973]. PART 1: THE PERSONS BY WHOM MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED: SECTION 4: Marriages to be solemnized according to Act: Every marriage between persons, one or Marriages both of whom is [or are] a Christian or .Christians, shall be solemnized in accordance with the provisions of the next following section; and any such marriage solemnized otherwise than in accordance with such provisions shall be void. SECTION 5: Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized: Marriages may be solemnized in [India]- (1) by any person who has received episcopal ordination; provided that the marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of which he is a Minister; (2) by any Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, provided that such marriage besolemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland; (3) by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages; .....

Christian Marriage Act1872 Part II

Title: Time and Palace at Which Marriages May Be Solemnized

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....or special license in that behalf from the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese or Vicariate in which such marriage is so solemnized, or from such person as the same Bishop has authorized to grant such license, license, {Ins. by Act 2 of 1891, section.2} [or (3) a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland solemnizing a marriage according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland]. Section 11 - Place for solemnizing marriage No Clergyman of the Church of England shall solemnize a marriage in any place other than a church {Ins. by section.3, ibid.} [where worship is generally held according to the forms of the Church of England], unless there is no {Ins. by section.3, ibid.} [such] church within five miles distance by the shortest road from such place, or unless he has received a special license authorizing him to do so under the hand and seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary. Fee for special license.- For such special license, the Registrar of the Diocese may charge such additional fee as the said Bishop from time to time authorizes.

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 3

Title: Interpretation-clause

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....mean and apply to the Church which regards the Pope of Rome as its spiritual head ; "Church" includes any chapel or other building generally used for public Christian worship ; {Ins. by Act 3 of 1951, s.3 and Sch.} ["India" means the {Subs by the Adaptation of Laws (NO.2) Order, 1956, for "territory comprised in the States".} [territories] to which this Act extends.] "minor'' means a person who has not completed the age of twenty-one years and who is not a widower or a widow ; {The definition of "Native State" rep. by the A.O.1937.} the expression "Christians" means persons professing the Christian religion ; {Subs. by the A.O.1950, for the original definition.} [and the expression "Indian Christians" includes the Christian descendants of natives of India converted to Christianity, as well as such converts]; {Ins. by Act 6 of 1886, s.30.} ["Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages" means a Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886.] (6 of 1886).

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 10

Title: Time for Solemnizing Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1872

Every marriage under this Act shall be solemnized between the hours of six in the morning and seven in the evening : Exceptions.- Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to (1) a Clergyman of the Church of England solemnizing a marriage under a special license permitting him to do so at any hour other than between six in the morning and seven in the evening, under the hand and seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary, or (2) a Clergyman of the Church of Rome solemnizing a marriage between the hours of seven in the evening and six in the morning, when he has received a general or special license in that behalf from the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese or Vicariate in which such marriage is so solemnized, or from such person as the same Bishop has authorized to grant such license, license, {Ins. by Act 2 of 1891, section.2} [or (3) a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland solemnizing a marriage according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland].

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 11

Title: Place for Solemnizing Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1872

No Clergyman of the Church of England shall solemnize a marriage in any place other than a church {Ins. by section.3, ibid.} [where worship is generally held according to the forms of the Church of England], unless there is no {Ins. by section.3, ibid.} [such] church within five miles distance by the shortest road from such place, or unless he has received a special license authorizing him to do so under the hand and seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary. Fee for special license.- For such special license, the Registrar of the Diocese may charge such additional fee as the said Bishop from time to time authorizes.

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 69

Title: Solemnizing Marriage out of Proper Time, or Without Witnesses

State: Central

Year: 1872

Whoever knowingly and wilfully solemnizes a marriage between persons, one or both of whom is or are a Christian or Christians, at any time other than between the hours of six in the morning and seven in the evening, or in the absence of at least two credible witnesses other than the person solemnizing the marriage, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine. Saving of marriages solemnized under special license.- This section does not apply to marriages solemnized under special licenses granted by the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or by his Commissary, nor to marriages performed between the hours of seven in the evening and six in the morning by a Clergyman of the Church of Rome, when he has received the general or special license in that behalf mentioned in section 10. {Ins. by Act 2 of 1891, section.7.} [Nor does this section apply to marriages solemnized by a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland.]

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 73

Title: Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage (Other Than Clergy of Churches of England, Scotland or Rome)

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of that church, or, not being a Clergyman of the Church of Rome, solemnizing a marriage according to the rites, rules, ceremonies and customs of that church, knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage under this Act, or solemnizes any marriage between such persons as aforesaid, without publishing, or causing to be affixed, the notice of such marriage as directed in Part III of this Act, or after the expiration of two months after the certificate has been issued by him; issuing certificate for, or solemnizing, marriage with minor, within fourteen days after notice ;.- or knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage, or solemnizes a marriage between such persons when one of the persons intending marriage is a minor, before the expiration of fourteen days so after the receipt of notice of such marriage, or without sending, by mat the post or otherwise, a copy of such notice to the Marriage Registrar, or, if there be more Marriage Registrars than one, to the Senior Marriage Registrar of the district ; issuing certificate authorizedly forbidden ;.- or knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate the issue of which.....