The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
2.Definitions. -
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, ---
(a) "degrees of prohibited relationship" shall have
same meaning as in the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954);
(b) "district", in relation to a Marriage Officer,
means the area within which the duties of his office are to be discharged ;
(c) "foreign country" means a country or place outside
India, and includes a shop which is for the time belong in the territorial
waters of such a country or place ;
(d) "Marriage Officer" means a person appointed under
section 3 to be a Marriage Officer;
(e) "Official house" , in relation to a Marriage
Officer, means ---
(i) the official house of residence of the
officer ;
(ii) the office in which the business of the
officer is transacted ;
(iii) a prescribed place ; and
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under
this Act.