Special Marriage Act, 1954
18. Effect of registration of marriage
under this Chapter
Subject to the
provisions contained in sub-section (2) of section 24, where a certificate of
marriage has been finally entered in the Marriage Certificate Book under this
Chapter, the marriage shall, as from the date of such entry, be deemed to be a
marriage solemnized under this Act, and all children born after the date of the
ceremony of marriage (whose names shall also be entered in the Marriage
Certificate Book) shall in all respects be deemed to be and always to have been
the legitimate children of their parents :
Provided that nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as conferring upon any such children any
rights in or to the property of any person other than their parents in any case
where, but for the passing of this Act, such children would have been incapable
of possessing or acquiring any such rights by reason of their not being the
legitimate children of their parents.