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Start Free TrialChristian Marriage Act1872 Part V
Title: Marriages Solemnized By, or in the Presence Of, a Marriage Registrar
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....of such notice having been given and of such oath having been made : Proviso.- Provided that no lawful impediment be shown to his satisfaction why such certificate should not issue ; that the issue of such certificate has not been forbidden, in manner hereinafter mentioned, by any person authorized in that behalf by this Act ; that four days after the receipt of the notice have expired ; and further, that where, by such oath, it appears that one of the parties intending marriage is a minor, fourteen days after the entry of such notice have expired. Section 42 - Oath before issue of certificate The certificate mentioned in section 41 shall not be issued by any Marriage Registrar, until one of the parties intending marriage appears personally before such Marriage Registrar, and makes oath {As to the meaning of " oath ", see the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section.3(37) and section.4.}--- (a) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or affinity, or other lawful hindrance, to the said marriage, and (b) that both the parties have, or (where they have dwelt in the districts of different Marriage Registrars) that the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 4
Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce
State: Central
Year: 1955
.....7, for the clause iii) (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 3. Certain words omitted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 4. The word "or" omitted by Act 44 of 1964, section 2 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 5. Inserted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 6. Clause (viii) and (ix) omitted by Act 44 of 1964, section 2 (w.e.f. 20-12-1964). 7. Inserted by Act 44 of 1964, section 2 (w.e.f. 20-12-1964). 8. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7, for "two years" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 9. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 for "bestiality" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 10. Inserted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 11. 27th May, 1976. Section 13A - Alternate relief in divorce proceedings 1[13A. Alternate relief in divorce proceedings In any proceeding under this Act, on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, except in so far as the petition is founded on the grounds mentioned in clauses (ii), (vi) and (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 13, the court may, if it considers it just so to do having regard to the circumstances of the case, pass instead a decree for judicial separation. ___________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 68.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionForeign Marriage Act, 1969 Chapter II
Title: Solemnization of Foreign Marriages
State: Central
Year: 1969
.....certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized, and that al! formalities respecting the residence of the party concerned previous to the marriage and the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. Section 15 - Validity of foreign marriages in India Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, a marriage solemnized in the manner provided in this Act shall be good and valid in law. Section 16 - New notice when marriage not solemnized within six months Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within six months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required under section 5 or where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10, or where an appeal has been preferred to the Central Government under section 11, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government in such case or appeal, as the case may be, the notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part IV
Title: Registration of Marriages Solemnized by Ministers of Religion
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....shall register therein, according to the tabular form set forth in the Third Schedule hereto annexed, every marriage which he solemnizes under this Act. Section 29 - Quarterly returns to Archdeaconry Every Clergyman of the Church of England shall send four times in every year returns in duplicate, authenticated by his signature, of the entries in the register of marriages solemnized at any place where he has any spiritual charge, to the Registrar of the Archdeaconry to which he is subject, or within the limits of which such place is situate. Contents of returns.- Such quarterly returns shall contain all the entries of marriages contained in the said register from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of March, from the first day of April to the thirtieth day of June, from the first day of July to the thirtieth day of September, and from the first day of October to the thirty-first day of December, of each year, respectively, and shall be sent by such Clergyman within two weeks from the expiration of each of the quarters above specified. The said Registrar upon receiving the said returns shall send one copy thereof to the {Subs by Act of 1886, s.30(b), for ".....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSpecial Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter II
Title: Solemnization of Special Marriages
State: Central
Year: 1954
.....to the marriage and the three witnesses. (2) On a certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. Section 14 - New notice when marriage not solemnized within three months Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within three calendar months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required by section 5, or where an appeal has been filed under sub-section (2) of section 8, within three months from the date of the decision of the district court on such appeal or, where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government, the notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer shall solemnize the marriage until a new notice has been given in the manner laid down in this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSpecial Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter VI
Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce
State: Central
Year: 1954
.....other than the petitioner; or (iii) the consent of either party to the marriage was obtained by coercion or fraud, as defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872): Provided that, in the case specified in clause (ii), the court shall not grant a decree unless it is satisfied,-- (a) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (b) that proceedings were instituted within a year from the date of the marriage; and (c) that marital intercourse with the consent of the petitioner has not taken place since the discovery by the petitioner of the existence of the grounds for a decree: Provided further that in the case specified in clause (iii), the court shall not grant a decree if,-- (a) proceedings have not been instituted within one year after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (b) the petitioner has with his or her free consent lived with the other party to the marriage as husband and wife after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered. Section 26 - Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages 1[26. Legitimacy of children of.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Complete Act
Title: Christian Marriage Act1872
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....- Short title Section2 - Enactments [Repealed] Section3 - Interpretation-clause Part I Section4 - Marriages to be solemnized according to Act Section5 - Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized Section6 - Grant and revocation of licenses to solemnize marriages Section7 - Marriage Registrars Section8 - Marriage Registrars in Indian States [Repealed] Section9 - Licensing of persons to grant certificates of marriage between Indian Christians Part II Section10 - Time for solemnizing marriage Section11 - Place for solemnizing marriage Part III Section12 - Notice of intended marriage Section13 - Publication of such notice Section14 - Notice of intended marriage in private dwelling Section15 - Sending copy to notice to Marriage Registrar when one party is a minor Section16 - Procedure on receipt of notice Section17 - Issue of certificate of notice given and declaration made Section18 - Declaration before issue of certificate Section19 - Consent of father, or guardian, or mother Section20 - Power to prohibit by notice issue of certificate Section21 - Procedure on receipt of notice Section22 - Issue of certificate in case of minority Section23 - Issue of.....
List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part III
Title: Marriages Solemnized by Ministers of Religion Licensed Under This Act
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....the expiration of four days after the date of the receipt of the notice by such Minister ; (2) that no lawful impediment be shown to his satisfaction why such certificate should not issue ; and (3) that the issue of such certificate has not been forbidden, in manner hereinafter mentioned, by any person authorized in that behalf. Section 18 - Declaration before issue of certificate The certificate mentioned in section 17 shall not be issued until one of the persons intending marriage has appeared personally before the Minister and made a solemn declaration (a) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or affinity, or other lawful hindrance, to the said marriage, and, when either or both of the parties is or are a minor or minors, (b) that the consent or consents required by law has or have been obtained thereto, or that there is no person resident in India having authority to give such consent, as the case may be. Section 19 - Consent of father, or guardian, or mother The father, if living, of any minor, or, if the father be dead, the guardian of the person of such minor, and, in case there be no such guardian, then the mother of such.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionParsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part II
Title: Marriages Between Parsis
State: Central
Year: 1936
.....for the offence of marrying again during the lifetime of a husband or wife. Section 6 - Certificate and registry of marriage Every marriage contracted under this Act shall, immediately on the solemnization thereof, be certified by the officiating priest in the form contained in Schedule II. The certificate shall be signed by the said priest, the contracting parties,1[***], and two witnesses present at the marriage; and the said priest shall thereupon send such certificate together with a fee of two rupees to be paid by the husband to the Registrar of the place at which such marriage is solemnized. The Registrar on receipt of the certificate and fee shall enter the certificate in a register to be kept by him for that purpose and shall be entitled to retain the fee. ____________________________ 1. The words "or their fathers or guardians when they shall not have completed the age of twenty-one years" omitted by the Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-04-1988. Section 7 - Appointment of Registrar For the purposes of this Act a Registrar shall be appointed.Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court, the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Part I
Title: The Persons by Whom Marriages May Be Solemnized
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....any person licensed under this Act to grant certificates of marriage between {Subs. by the A.O.1950, for "Native".} [Indian] Christians. {Subs. by Act 2 of 1891, s.1, for the original s.6 } Section 6 - Grant and revocation of licenses to solemnize marriages The State Government, so far as regards the territories under its administration, {The words "and the Central Government, so far as regards any Indian State" as amended by the A.O.1937 for the original words, were rep. by the A.O.1950.} may, by notification in the Official Gazette {The words "or in the Gazette of India, as the case may be" rep.by the A.O.1937.}, grant licenses to Ministers of Religion to solemnize marriages within such territories {The words "and State, respectively," rep. by the A.O.1950.} and may, by a like notification revoke such licenses.] Section 7 - Marriage Registrars The State Government may appoint one or more Christians, either by name or as holding any office for the time being, to be the Marriage Registrar or Marriage Registrars for any district subject to its administration. Senior Marriage Registrar.- Where there are more Marriage Registrars than one in any district, the State.....
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