THE FOREIGN MARRIEGE ACT, 1969 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTONS 

CHAPTER   I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1. Short title. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Marriage Officers. 

CHAPER   II 

SOLEMNIZATION OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES 

4. Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages. 

5. Notice of intended marriage. 

6. Marriage Notice Book. 

7. Publication of notice 

8. Objection to marriage. 

9. Solemnization of marriage where no objection made. 

10. Procedure on receipt of objection. 

11. Marriage not to be in contravention of local laws. 

12. Declaration by parties and witnesses. 

13. Place and form of solemnization. 

14. Certificate of marriage. 

15. Validity of foreign marriages in India. 

16. New notice when marriage not solemnized within six months. 

CHAPTER   III 

REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED UNDER OTHER LAWS 

17. Registration of foreign marriages. 

CHAPTER    IV 

MATRIMONIAL RELIEF IN RESPECT OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES 

18. Matrimonial reliefs to be under Special Marriage Act, 1954. 

CHAPTER   V 

PENALTIES 

19. Punishment for bigamy. 

20. Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for marriage. 

21. Punishment for false declaration. 

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SECTIONS 

22. Punishment for wrongful action of Marriage Officer. 

CHAPTER   VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

23. Recognition of marriages solemnized under law of other countries. 

24. Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in accordance with local law in a           

foreign country. 

25. Certified copy of entries to be evidences. 

26. Correction of errors. 

27. Act not to affect validity of marriages outside it. 

28. Power to make rules. 

29. Amendment of Act 43 of 1954. 

30. Repeal. 
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.— FORM OF NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. —DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE              
                                                    BRIDE. 

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.— FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE. 

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THE FOREIGN MARRIAGE ACT, 1969 

ACT NO. 33 OF 1969 

An Act to make provision relating to marriages of citizens of India outside India. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :— 

[31st August, 1969.] 

CHAPTER   I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969. 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “degrees of prohibited relationship” shall have the 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 ship which is for the 

time being 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. 

3. Marriage Officers.—For the purposes of this Act, the Central Government may, by notification in 
the Official Gazette, appoint such of its diplomatic or consular officers as it may think fit to be Marriage 
Officers for any foreign country. 

Explanation.—In  this  section,  “diplomatic  officer”  means  an  ambassador,  envoy,  minister,  high 
commissioner,  commissioner,  charge  d’  affairs  or  other  diplomatic  representative  or  a  counsellor  or 
secretary of an embassy, legation or high commission. 

CHAPER   II 

SOLEMNIZATION OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES 

4. Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages.—A marriage between parties one of 
whom at least is a citizen of India may be solemnized under this Act by or before a Marriage Officer in a 
foreign country, if, at the time of the marriage, the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:— 

(a) neither party has a spouse living, 

(b) neither party is an idiot or a lunatic, 

(c) the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years and the bride the age of eighteen 

years at the time of the marriage, and 

(d) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship: 

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Provided that where the personal law or a custom governing at least one of the parties permits of a 
marriage  between  them,  such  marriage  may  be  solemnized,  notwithstanding  that  they  are  within  the 
degrees of prohibited relationship. 

5. Notice of intended marriage.—When a marriage is intended to be solemnized under this Act, the 
parties to the marriage shall give notice thereof in writing in the form specified in the First Schedule to 
the Marriage Officer of the district in which at least one of the parties to the marriage has resided for a 
period of not less than thirty days immediately preceding the date on which such notice is given, and the 
notice shall state that the party has so resided.  

6. Marriage Notice Book.—The Marriage Officer shall keep all notices given under section 5 with 
the  records  of  his  office  and  shall  also  forthwith  enter  a  true  copy  of  every  such  notice  in  a  book 
prescribed for that purpose, to be called the “Marriage Notice Book”, and such book shall be open, for 
inspection at all reasonable times, without fee, by any person desirous of inspecting the same.  

7. Publication of notice.—Where a notice under section 5 is given to the Marriage Officer, he shall 

cause it to be published— 

(a) in his own office, by affixing a copy thereof to a conspicuous place, and 

(b)  in  India  and  in  the  country  or  countries  in  which  the  parties  are  ordinarily  resident,  in  the 

prescribed manner. 

8. Objection to marriage.—(1) Any person may, before the expiration of thirty days from the date of 
publication of the notice under section 7, object to the marriage on the ground that it would contravene 
one or more of the conditions specified in section 4. 

Explanation.—Where the publication of the notice by affixation under clause (a) of section 7 and in 
the prescribed manner under clause (b) of that section is on different dates, the period of thirty days shall, 
for the purposes of this sub-section, be computed from the later date. 

(2)  Every  such  objection  shall  be  in  writing  signed  by  the  person  making  it  or  by  any  person  duly 
authorised to sign on his behalf, and shall state the ground of objection; and the Marriage Officer shall 
record the nature of the objection in his Marriage Notice Book. 

9. Solemnization of marriage where no objection made.—If no objection is made within the period 
specified  in  section  8  to  an  intended  marriage,  then,  on  the  expiry  of  that  period,  the  marriage  may  be 
solemnized. 

10. Procedure on receipt of objection.—(1) If an objection is made under section 8 to an intended 
marriage, the Marriage Officer shall not solemnize the marriage until he has inquired into the matter of 
the objection in such manner as he thinks fit and is satisfied that it ought not to prevent the solemnization 
of the Marriage or the objection is withdrawn by the person making it. 

(2)  Where  a  Marriage  Officer  after  making  any  such  inquiry  entertains  a  doubt  in  respect  of  any 
objection,  he  shall  transmit  the  record  with  such  statement  respecting  the  matter  as  he  thinks  fit  to  the 
Central Government; and the Central Government, after making such further inquiry into the matter and 
after  obtaining  such  advice  as  it  thinks  fit,  shall  give  its  decision  thereon  in  writing  to  the  Marriage 
Officer, who shall act in conformity with the decision of the Central Government. 

11. Marriage not to be in contravention of local laws.—(1) The Marriage Officer may, for reasons 
to  be  recorded  in  writing,  refuse  to  solemnize  a  marriage  under  this  Act  if  the  intended  marriage  is 
prohibited by any law in force in the foreign country where it is to be solemnized. 

(2) The Marriage Officer may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to solemnize a marriage 
under this Act on the ground that in his opinion, the solemnization of the marriage would be inconsistent 
with international law or the comity of nations. 

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(3)  Where  a  Marriage  Officer  refuses  to  solemnize  a  marriage  under  this  section,  any  party  to  the 
intended  marriage  may  appeal  to  the  Central  Government  in  the  prescribed  manner  within  a  period  of 
thirty  days  from  the  date  of  such  refusal;  and  the  Marriage  Officer  shall  act  in  conformity  with  the 
decision of the Central Government on such appeal. 

12. Declaration by parties and witnesses.—Before the marriage is solemnized, the parties and three 
witnesses  shall,  in the  presence  of  the  Marriage  Officer,  sign  a  declaration in  the  form  specified in the 
Second Schedule, and the declaration shall be countersigned by the Marriage Officer. 

13.  Place  and form of  solemnization.—(1) A marriage by or before a Marriage Officer under this 
Act  shall  be  solemnized  at  the  official  house  of  the  Marriage  Officer  with  open  doors  between  the 
prescribed hours in the presence of at least three witnesses. 

(2) The marriage may be solemnized in any form which the parties may choose to adopt: 

Provided  that  it  shall  not  be  complete  and  binding  on  the  parties  unless  each  party  declares  to  the 
other in the presence of the Marriage Officer and the three witnesses and in any language understood by 
the parties,— “I, (A) take the (B), to be my lawful wife (or husband)”: 

Provided  further  that  where  the  declaration  referred  to  in  the  preceding  proviso  is  made  in  any 
language which is not understood by the Marriage Officer or by any of the witnesses, either of the parties 
shall interpret or cause to be interpreted the declaration in a language which the Marriage Officer, or, as 
the case may be, such witness understands. 

14. Certificate of marriage.—(1) Whenever a marriage is solemnized under this Act, the Marriage 
Officer shall enter a certificate thereof in the form specified in the Third Schedule in a book to be kept by 
him for that purpose and to be called the Marriage Certificate Book, and such certificate shall be signed 
by the parties to the marriage and the three witnesses. 

(2)  On  a  certificate  being  entered  in  the  Marriage  Certificate  Book  by  the  Marriage  Officer,  the 
certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been 
solemnized,  and  that  all  formalities  respecting  the  residence  of  the  party  concerned  previous  to  the 
marriage and the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. 

15. Validity of foreign marriages in India.—Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, a 

marriage solemnized in the manner provided in this Act shall be good and valid in law. 

16.  New  notice when  marriage  not  solemnized within  six  months.—Whenever a marriage is not 
solemnized  within  six  months  from  the  date  on  which  notice  thereof  has  been  given  to  the  Marriage 
Officer  as  required  under  section  5  or  where  the  record  of  a  case  has  been  transmitted  to  the  Central 
Government under section 10, or where an appeal has been preferred to the Central Government under 
section  11,  within  three  months  from  the  date  of  decision  of  the  Central  Government  in  such  case  or 
appeal, as the case may be, the notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed to have 
lapsed,  and  no  Marriage  Officer  shall  solemnize  the  marriage  until  new  notice  has  been  given  in  the 
manner laid down in this Act. 

CHAPTER   III 

REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED UNDER OTHER LAWS 

17. Registration of foreign marriages.—(1) Where— 

(a) a Marriage Officer is satisfied that a marriage has been duly solemnized in a foreign country 
in  accordance  with  the  law  of that  country  between  parties  of  whom  one  at  least  was  a  citizen  of 
India; and 

(b)  a  party  to  the  marriage  informs  the  Marriage  Officer  in  writing  that  he  or  she  desires  the 

marriage to be registered under this section,  

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the Marriage Officer may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, register the marriage. 

(2) No marriage shall be registered under the section unless at the time of registration it satisfies the 

conditions mentioned in section 4. 

(3)  The  Marriage  Officer  may,  for  reasons  to  be  recorded  in  writing,  refuse  to  register  a  marriage 
under this section on the ground that in his opinion the marriage is inconsistent with international law or 
the comity of nations. 

(4) Where a Marriage Officer refuses to register a marriage under this section the party applying for 
registration may appeal to the Central Government in the prescribed manner within a period of thirty days 
from the date of  such refusal; and the Marriage Officer shall act in conformity with the decision of the 
Central Government on such appeal. 

(5) Registration of a marriage under this section shall be effected by the Marriage Officer by entering 
a  certificate  of  the  marriage  in  the  prescribed  form  and  in  the  prescribed  manner  in  the  Marriage 
Certificate  Book,  and  such  certificate  shall  be  signed  by  the  parties  to  the  marriage  and  by  three 
witnesses. 

(6) A marriage registered under this section shall, as from the date of registration, be deemed to have 

been solemnized under this Act. 

CHAPTER    IV 

MATRIMONIAL RELIEF IN RESPECT OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES 

18.  Matrimonial  reliefs  to  be  under  Special  Marriage  Act,  1954.—(1)  Subject  to  the  other 
provisions contained in this section, the provisions of Chapters IV, V, VI and VII of the Special Marriage 
Act, 1954 (43 of 1954) shall apply in relation to marriages solemnized under this Act and to any other 
marriage  solemnized  in  a foreign  country  between  parties  of  whom  one  at  least  is  a  citizen  of  India  as 
they apply in relation to marriages solemnized under that Act. 

Explanation.—In  its  application  to  the  marriages  referred  to  in  this  sub-section,  section  24  of  the 

Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954), shall be subject to the following modifications, namely:— 

(i) the reference in sub-section (1) thereof to clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 4 of that Act 
shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  clauses  (a),  (b),  (c)  and  (d)  respectively  of  section  4  of  this        
Act, and 

(ii) nothing contained in section 24 aforesaid shall apply to any marriage— 

(a) which is not solemnized under this Act; or 

(b) which is deemed to be solemnized under this Act by reason of the provisions contained in 

section 17: 

Provided that the registration of any such marriage as is referred to in sub-clause (b) may be declared 

to be of no effect if the registration was in contravention of sub-section (2) of section 17. 

(2)  Every  petition  for  relief  under  Chapter  V  or  Chapter  VI  of  the  Special  Marriage                        

Act,  1954  (43  of  1954)  as  made  applicable  to  the  marriages  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1)  shall  be 
presented to the district court within the local limits of whose ordinary civil jurisdiction— 

(a) the respondent is residing at the time of the presentation of the petition; or 

(b) the husband and wife last resided together; or 

(c)  the  petitioner  is  residing  at  the  time  of  the  presentation  of  the  petition,  provided  that  the 

respondent is at that time residing outside India. 

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Explanation.—In  this  section,  “district  court”  has  the  same  meaning  as  in  the  Special  Marriage       

Act, 1954 (43 of 1954). 

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall authorise any court— 

(a) to make any decree of dissolution of marriage, except where— 

(i)  the  parties  to  the  marriage  are  domiciled  in  India  at  the  time  of  the  presentation  of  the 

petition; or 

(ii)  the  petitioner,  being  the  wife,  was  domiciled  in  India  immediately  before  the  marriage 
and has been residing in India for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the 
presentation of the petition; 

(b) to make any decree annulling avoidable marriage, except where— 

(i)  the  parties  to  the  marriage  are  domiciled  in  India  at  the  time  of  the  presentation  of  the 

petition; or 

(ii) the marriage was solemnized under this Act and the petitioner being the wife, has been 
ordinarily resident in India for a period of three years immediately preceding the presentation of 
the petition; 

(c) to make any decree of nullity of marriage in respect of a void marriage, except where— 

(i) either of the parties to the marriage is domiciled in India at the time of the presentation of 

the petition; or 

(ii) the marriage was solemnized under this Act and the petitioner is residing in India at the 

time of the presentation of the petition; 

(d)  to  grant  any  other  relief  under  Chapter  V  or  Chapter  VI  of  the  Special  Marriage                   

Act, 1954 (43 of 1954), except where the petitioner is residing in India at the time of the presentation 
of the petition. 

(4) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall authorise any court to grant any relief under this Act in 
relation to any marriage in a foreign country not solemnized under it, if the grant of relief in respect of 
such marriage (whether on any of the grounds specified in the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954), 
or otherwise) is provided for under any other law for the time being in force. 

CHAPTER   V 

PENALTIES 

19.  Punishment  for  bigamy.—(1)  Any  person  whose  marriage  is  solemnized  or  deemed  to  have 
been  solemnized  under  this  Act  and  who,  during  the  subsistence  of  his  marriage,  contracts  any  other 
marriage in India shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 494 and section 495 of the Indian 
Penal Code (45 of 1860) and the marriage so contracted shall be void. 

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) apply also to any such offence committed by any citizen of India 

without and beyond India. 

20. Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for marriage.—Any citizen of India 
who  procures  a  marriage  of  himself  or  herself  be  solemnized  under  this  Act  in  contravention  of  the 
condition specified in clause (c) or clause (d) of section 4 shall be punishable— 

(a) in the case of a contravention of the condition specified in clause (c) of section 4, with simple 
imprisonment which may extend to fifteen days, or with the fine which may extend to one thousand 
rupees, or with both; and 

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(b) in the case of a contravention of the condition specified in clause (d) of section 4, with simple 
imprisonment  which  may  extend  to  one  month,  or  with  fine  which  may  extend  to  one  thousand 
rupees, or with both. 

21.  Punishment  for  false  declaration.—If  any  citizen  of  India  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  a 

marriage, intentionally— 

(a) where a declaration is required by this Act, makes a false declaration; or 

(b) where a notice or certificate is required by this Act, signs a false notice or certificate, 

he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be 
liable to fine. 

22. Punishment for wrongful action of Marriage Officer.—Any Marriage Officer who knowingly 
and wilfully solemnizes a marriage under this Act in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act 
shall  be  punishable  with  simple  imprisonment  which  may  extend  to  one  year,  or  with  fine  which  may 
extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. 

CHAPTER   VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

23.  Recognition  of  marriages  solemnized  under  law  of  other  countries.—If  the  Central 
Government is satisfied that the  law in force in any foreign country for the solemnization of marriages 
contains provisions similar to those contained in this Act, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 
declare that marriages solemnized under the law in force in such foreign country shall be recognized by 
courts in India as valid. 

24.  Certification  of  documents  of  marriages  solemnized  in  accordance  with  local  law  in  a 

foreign country.—(1) Where— 

(a)  a  marriage  is  solemnized  in  any  foreign  country  specified  in  this  behalf  by  the  Central 
Government,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  in  accordance  with  the  law  of  that  country 
between parties of whom one at least is a citizen of India; and 

(b) a party to the marriage who is such citizen produces to a Marriage Officer in the country in 

which the marriage was solemnized— 

(i)  a  copy  of  the  entry  in  respect  of  the  marriage  in  the  marriage  register  of  that  country 

certified by the appropriate authority in that country to be a true copy of that entry; and 

(ii) if the copy of that entry is not in the English language, a translation into the prescribed 

language of that copy; and 

(c)  the Marriage  Officer is  satisfied that the  copy  of the entry  in  the  marriage  register is a true 

copy and that the translation, if any, is a true translation; 

the  Marriage  Officer,  upon  the  payment  of  the  prescribed  fee,  shall  certify  upon  the  copy  that  he  is 
satisfied that the copy is a true copy of the entry in the marriage register and upon the translation that he is 
satisfied that the translation is a true translation of the copy and shall issue the copy and the translation to 
the said party. 

(2)  A  document  relating  to  a  marriage  in  a  foreign  country  issued  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  be 
admitted in evidence in any proceedings as if it were a certificate duly issued by the appropriate authority 
of that country. 

25. Certified copy of entries to be evidence.—Every certified copy purporting to be signed by the 
Marriage Officer of an entry of a marriage in the Marriage Certificate Book shall be received in evidence 
without production or proof of the original. 

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26.  Correction  of  errors.—(1)  Any  Marriage  Officer  who  discovers  any  error  in  the  form  or 
substance of any entry in the Marriage Certificate Book may, within one month next after the discovery of 
such error, in the presence of the persons married, or, in case of their death or absence, in the presence of 
two other witnesses, correct the error by entry in the margin without any alteration of the original entry 
and add thereto the date of such correction. 

(2) Every correction made under this section shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it 

was made. 

27. Act not to affect validity of marriages outside it.—Nothing in this Act shall in any way affect 

the validity of a marriage solemnized in a foreign country otherwise than under this Act. 

28. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 

make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(2)  In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the duties and powers of Marriage Officers and their districts; 

(b) the manner in which a Marriage Officer may hold any inquiry under this Act; 

(c) the manner in which notices of marriage shall be published; 

(d)  the  places  in  which  and  the  hours  between  which  marriages  under  this  Act  may  be 

solemnized; 

(e) the form and the manner in which any books required by or under this Act to be kept shall be 

maintained; 

(f) the form and manner in which certificates of marriages may be entered under sub-section (5) 

of section 17; 

(g) the fees that may be levied for the performance of any duty imposed upon a Marriage Officer 

under this Act; 

(h) the authorities to which, the form in which and the intervals within which copies of entries in 
the  Marriage  Certificate  Book  shall  be  sent,  and,  when  corrections  are  made  in  the  Marriage 
Certificate Book, the manner in which Certificates of such corrections shall be sent to the authorities; 

(i) the inspection of any books required to be kept under this Act and the furnishing of certified 

copies of entries therein; 

(j)  the  manner  in  which  and  the  conditions  subject  to  which  any  marriage  may  be  recognised 

under section 23; 

(k) any other matter which may be, or requires to be, prescribed. 

(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each 
House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one 
session  or 1[in  two  or  more  successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately 
following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification 
in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only 
in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or 
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. 

1.  Subs. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the schedule., for certain words (w.e.f. 15-3-1984). 

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 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  citizens  of  India  domiciled  in  the 
territories  to  which this  Act  extends  who  are  in  the  State  of Jammu  and  Kashmir*,  the  Central 
Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  specify  such  officers  of  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 and Kashmir*, both 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 and  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. 

30. Repeal.—The Indian Foreign Marriage Act, 1903 (14 of 1903), is hereby repealed. 

*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 

Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

(See section 5) 

FORM OF NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE 

To 

The Marriage Officer, 

for ...………………. 

We hereby give you notice that a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 is intended to be 

solemnized between us within three months from the date hereof. 

Name  and  father’s 
name 

Condition  Occupation  Date of birth  Dwelling 

place 

Permanent 
dwelling place 
and present  
dwelling place 
if not 
permanent 

Length of 
residence in 
the present 
dwelling 
place 

A.B. Unmarried  
         Widower 
         Divorcee 

C.D. Unmarried 
         Widow 
         Divorcee 

Witness our hands, this ……………… day of ………………….. 19...................................... 

Sd. A.B. 

Sd. C.D.

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section 12) 

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM 

I, A.B., hereby declare as follows:— 

1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be). 

2. I have completed ……………………… years of age. 

3. I am not related to C.D. (the bride) within the degrees of prohibited relationship. 

4. I am a citizen of ....………………………… 

(to be filled up) 

5.  I  am  aware  that,  if  any  statement  in  this  declaration  is  false,  I  am  liable  to  imprisonment  and       

also to fine. 

Sd. A.B. (the bridegroom). 

I, C.D., hereby declare as follows:— 

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE 

1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower, or a divorcee, as the case may be). 

2. I have completed ....... years of age. 

3. I am not related to A.B. (the bridegroom) within the degrees of prohibited relationship. 

4. I am a citizen of............................................... 

(to be filled up) 

5.  I  am  aware  that,  if  any  statement  in  this  declaration  is  false,  I  am  liable  to  imprisonment  and       

also to fine. 

Signed in our presence by the above named A.B. and C.D. So far as we are aware, there is no lawful 

Sd. C.D. (the bride). 

impediment to the marriage. 

Sd. G.H. 

Sd. I.J.                                 

Sd. K.L.                                    Three witnesses. 

                                                     (Countersigned) E.F. 

                                              Marriage Officer 

Dated the ……………………....... day of …………………………..... 19………………….. 

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THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

(See section 14) 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE 

I, E.F., hereby certify that on the ……………………… day of …………… 19................... A.B. and 
C.D  ………………….*appeared 
by 
section…………………………… of the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969, was duly made, and that a marriage 
under that Act was solemnized between them in my presence and in the presence of three witnesses who 
have signed hereunder. 

before  me 

declaration 

required 

that 

and 

the 

Sd. E.F. 

             Marriage Officer,   

Sd. A.B. (bridegroom)   

Sd. CD. (bride)  

Sd. G.H. 

Sd. I.J.                  Three witnesses. 

Sd. K.L. 

Dated the ….…..................... day of …………..…. 19............................ 

________________________________________________________________________________ 

*Herein give particulars of the parties. 

   To be entered. 

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