Marriages may be solemnized in 1[India]—
(1) by any person who has received episcopal ordination, provided that the marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of which he is a Minister;
(2) by any Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, provided that such marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland;
(3) by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages;
(4) by, or in the presence of, a Marriage Registrar appointed under this Act;
(5) by any person licensed under this Act to grant certificates of marriage between 2[Indian] Christians.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for “Part A States and Part C States”.
- 2.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Native”.