The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
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 to
the Central Governments under from the date of the decision of the Central
Government in such case or appeal, as the case may be, the notice and all other
proceedings arising there from shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage
Officer shall solemnize the marriage until new notice has been given in the
manner laid down in this Act.