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1. (1) * * * * *
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and it
applies also to all citizens of India without and beyond India:
Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the
Union territory of Pondicherry.
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2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) ‘‘child’’ means a person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years
of age, and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age;
(b) "child marriage" means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties
is a child;
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EXTRACT FROM THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ACT, 1872
(15 OF 1872)
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PART VI
MARRIAGE OF INDIAN CHRISTIANS
60. Every marriage between Indian Christians applying for a certificate, shall, without
the preliminary notice required under Part III, be certified under this Part, if the following
conditions be fulfilled, and not otherwise:—
(1) the age of the man intending to be a married shall not be under twenty-one years,
and the age of the woman intending to be married shall not be under eighteen years;
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EXTRACTS FROM THE PARSI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ACT, 1936
(3 OF 1936)
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II.—MARRIAGES BETWEEN PARSIS
3. (1) No marriage shall be valid if—
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(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, and if a
female, has not completed eighteen years of age.
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Short title,
extent and
commencement.
On what
conditions
marriages of
Indian
Christians
may be
certified.
Definitions.
Requisites to
validity of
Parsi
marriages.
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SCHEDULE II
(See section 6)
Certificate of Marriage
Date and Place of Marriage
Names of the husband and wife.
Condition at the time of marriage.
Rank or profession.
Age.
Residence.
Names of the fathers or guardians.
Rank or profession.
Signature of the officiating priest.
Signatures of the contracting parties.
Signatures of the fathers or guardians
of the contracting parties under 21 years
of age.
Signatures of Witnesses.
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EXTRACT FROM THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954
(43 OF 1954)
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CHAPTER II
SOLEMNIZATION OF SPECIAL MARRIAGES
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force
relating to the solemnization of marriages, a marriage between any two persons may be
solemnized under this Act, if at the time of the marriage the following conditions are fulfilled,
namely:—
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(c) the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female, the age
of eighteen years;
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EXTRACTS FROM THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955
(25 OF 1955)
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HINDU MARRIAGES
5. A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions
are fulfilled, namely:—
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(iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years and the bride,
the age of eighteen years at the time of the marriage;
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Conditions
relating to
solemnization
of special
marriages.
Conditions for
a Hindu