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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 2

Title: Hindu Marriages

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....section 2, for clause (ii). (w.e.f. 27-5-1976) 2. The words "epilepsy" omitted by Act 39 of 1999. sec. 2 (w.e.f. 29-12-1999) 3. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, for "eighteen years" (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) 4. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, for "fifteen years" (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) 5. Clause (vi) omitted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) Section 6 - Guardianship in marriage [Rep. by the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Act, 1978, (2 of 1978), section 6 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1.10.1978)]. Section 7 - Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage (1) A Hindu marriage may be solemnized in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party thereto. (2) Where such rites and ceremonies include the Saptapadi (that is, the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride jointly before the sacred fire), the marriage becomes complete and binding when the seventh step is taken. Section 8 - Registration of Hindu marriages (1) For the purpose of facilitating the proof of Hindu marriages, the State Government may make rules providing that the parties to any such marriage may have the particulars.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 5

Title: Conditions for a Hindu Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....the marriage; (iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two; (v) the parties are not sapindas of each other, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two; 5 [***] __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 2, for clause (ii). (w.e.f. 27-5-1976) 2. The words "epilepsy" omitted by Act 39 of 1999. sec. 2 (w.e.f. 29-12-1999) 3. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, for "eighteen years" (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) 4. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, for "fifteen years" (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) 5. Clause (vi) omitted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.)

Special 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.

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Section 4

Title: Conditions Relating to Solemnization of Special Marriages

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....no such notification shall be issued in relation to the members of any tribe, community, group or family, unless the State Government is satisfied-- (i) that such rule has been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time among those members; (ii) that such rule is certain and not unreasonable or opposed to public policy; and (iii) that such rule, if applicable only to a family, has not been discontinued by the family.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 21, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 2. The words "or epilepsy" omitted by Act 39 of 1999 (w.e.f. 29-12-1999). 3. Substituted by Act 32 of 1963, Section 2, for clause (d) (w.e.f. 22-9-1963). 4. Substituted by Act 33 of 1969, Section 29, for clause (e) (w.e.f. 31-8-1969). 5. Inserted by Act 32 of 1963, Section 2 (w.e.f. 22-9-1963).

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Act, 1978 (2 of 1978)], the consent of such guardian was obtained by force12 [or by fraud as to the nature of the ceremony or as to any material fact or circumstance concerning the respondent;] or (d) that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no petition for annulling a marriage- (a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section ( 1 ) shall be entertained if- (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner had, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; (b) on the ground specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall been entertained unless the court is satisfied- (i) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (ii) that proceedings have been instituted in the case of a marriage solemnized before the commencement of this Act within one year of such.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....to be the Marriage Officers of the State or any part thereof.] CHAPTER 02: SOLEMNIZATION OF SPECIAL MARRIAGES OBJECTS AND REASONS "Apart from the fact that the provisions of this Act, if passed, will apply to all persons marrying there under irrespective of the religion they may profess, the other changes of importance which have been made in this clause, as compared with section 3 of Act 3 of 1872, are the following, namely :- (a) the addition of a new condition relating to idiocy and lunacy; (b) the raising of the age limit for marriage....; (c) the provision for marriages abroad between citizens of India."- S.O.R.OBJECTS AND REASONS Sub-section (3).- "In cases where a marriage is sought to be solemnized before a Marriage Officer other than the Marriage Officer within whose jurisdiction the parties are permanently residing, it is essential that the notice should be given in the place of permanent residence also, and sub-el. (2) (now sub- sec. (3)) makes provision in this behalf.-J.C.R.OBJECTS AND REASONS Sections 8-,9-and10-.- "The Joint Committee feel that it would not be in the interests of the parties to an intended marriage or in the public interest .that Courts should.....