Special Marriage Act, 1954

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PRELIMINARY

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Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

(2) It extends to the whole of India ¹***, and applies also to citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are ²[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir].

(3) It shall come into force on such date³ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Footnote

The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for “outside the said territories” (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).
1st January, 1955, vide notification No. S.R.O. 3606, dated 17th December, 1954, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3.

The Act has been extended to State of Sikkim vide notification No. S.O. 1629(E), dated 15^th April 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).

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