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The Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, 1920 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1920

THE COCHIN CHRISTIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1095 THE COCHIN CHRISTIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1095 [Act No. 5 of 1095] [ 17th day of January 1920] PREAMBLE (Substituted for ' Raja' by Section 2 of Act 1 of 1109) [ An Act to provide for Legalising Civil Marriages between Persons Professing Christianity in the Cochin State. Whereas it is deemed desirable to make provision for legalising civil marriages between persons Professing the Christian religion; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title This Act may be cited as The Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, V of 1095". Section 2 - Local extent and Commencement It extends to the whole of the Cochin State, and shall come into force at once. Section 3 - Interpretation clause In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:- The expression "Christian" means persons professing the Christian religion; "Minor" means a person who has not completed the age of 21 years, and who is not a widower or a widow. Section 4 - Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized A Marriage between persons, one or both of whom is or are a Christian or Christians but neither of whom.....