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The Special Marriage Act, 1954 is an Act of the Parliament of India with provision for secular civil marriage (or "registered marriage") for people of India and all Indian nationals in foreign countries, irrelevant of the religion or faith followed (both for inter-religious couples and also for atheists and agnostics) by either party. [1]
The Act defines marriage as "includ[ing] a marriage, solemnized in the State of Punjab under any of the following Act, customs or laws, namely: the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872); the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 (7 of 1909); the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 (26 of 1937); the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (25 of ...
The Special Marriage Act, 1954, provides a form of civil marriage to any citizen irrespective of religion, thus permitting any Indian to have their marriage outside the realm of any specific religious personal law. [20] The law applied to all of India, except Jammu and Kashmir. In many respects, the act was almost identical to the Hindu ...
The Special Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2022 [1] is a Bill of the Parliament of India which seeks to legalise same-sex marriage in India by amending the Special Marriage Act, 1954. [2] It was filed in the Lok Sabha on 2 April 2022 by MP Supriya Sule as a Private member's bill . [ 3 ]
A marriage certificate is given to a couple who have married. Until the introduction of electronic registration of marriages in May 2021, copies were made in two registers: one was retained by the church or register office; the other, when the entire register is full, was sent to the superintendent registrar of the registration district.
Inspector General of Registration; The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937 ... (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 ... Special Marriage Act, 1954 ...
Arya Marriage Validation Act: 1937: 19 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act: 1937: 26 Insurance Act: 1938: 4 Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act: 1938: 5 Cutchi Memons Act: 1938: 10 Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act: 1939: 8 Registration of Foreigners Act: 1939: 16 Commercial Documents Evidence Act: 1939: 30 Drugs and ...
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954 to making divorce easier on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, was introduced in the parliament in 2012. The Bill replaces the words "not earlier than six months" in Section 13B with the words "Upon receipt of a ...