The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
29.Amendment of Act 43 of 1954.-
In the Special Marriage Act, 1954, ----
(a) in section 1, in sub-section (2), for the words
"outside the said territories", the words "in the State of Jammu
and Kashmir" shall be substituted ;
(b) in section 2, clauses (a) and (c) shall be omitted ;
(c) in section 3, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section
shall be substituted namely :---
"(2) For the purposes of this Act, in its application to
the citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which the Act extends who
are in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Government as it may think
fit to be the Marriage Officers for the State or any part thereof" ;
(d) in section 4, for clause (e), the following clause shall be
substituted, namely :--
"(e) where the marriage is solemnized in the State of Jammu
Kashmir, both the parties are citizens of India domiciled in the territories to
which this Act extends";
(e) in section 10, for the words "outside the territories
to which this Act extends in respect of an intended marriage outside the said
territories", the words "in the State of Jammu and Kashmir in respect
of an intended marriage in the State" shall be substituted;
(f) in section 50, in sub-section (1), the words
"diplomatic and consular officers and other" shall be omitted.