Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
26. Whenever a marriage is not solemxized within two months after the certificate to be void date of the certificate which shall have been issued by such if marribge be not solemnized wlthic t : ~ o[Minister as aforesaid, such certificake alnd ][all ][other ][prc= ] IIIOII~IIS. ceedings thereon shall be void, and no p-ersollshall proceed to solemnize the said marriage zmtil new notice shall have been given and a certificate thereof issued in the manner aforesaid.
27. Provided that whenever any marriage has been solemnized lsy a proof of marriage in[Minister of Religion in accoi~dance with the provisions of ] provisious of Part accordance with the I of Part I of this Act, it shall not be necessary in sul~port of this ~ c t . sucli marriage to give any proof in respect of the dwelling of the persons married, or of the consent of ally persoii wllose consent to sucll iiiarriage is by law, or of the notice of marriage, or of tlie certificate or the translatioil thereof respectively, or in respect of the hours between which the same may have been soleinliized ; iior shall any evidence be given to prove the coiltrary in any suit toucliing tlie validity of s1lc11 marriage.
28.[E~rery marriage soleiiiiiized in India froiix and after the commencement ] of Lhis Act by ally person who l~as ~.ot:eivc=d episcopad ordiiiaHours bet\\ ecn wLich xlarriagza to `LC` t o 1 ~ 1 - tion, or hy ;tuy Clergyman of the Ch~wcli of Scotl~tlid, CY by an)' ~ ~ i ~ e d . Jlii~isLcr li~eilscc~ under tliis Act to solemnize iiia~i*iages, shall
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be solemt6zed between the h o ~ m of the h o ~ m of h o ~ m of of
be solemt6zed between the h o ~ m of the h o ~ m of h o ~ m of of six in the mo~nbg. m d : seven in theevenkg : Proviso. Provide& t h ~ t thia Section shall not. apply to a Slsrgyma;n sf the Chu~ch of England sol cmr6zing a m&rsipge under a speqi+$ license pe~mitthg 12.h $9 do so at any hour a$her.thau Betwe~p aix in, the, m:ornilag ,. .. and seven `in` the evewing, from tvnd undar the :?mid zmd seal of the Anglicaq Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary ; and it is hereby declared th&t for se& special license the Registrar of the Diocese shall be entitled to char~e such additional fee as such Bishop may sanction : Provided also that this Seetion shall not apply . .- tb . ... a Clergyman of the Church ...-.. - . - . . 'of Rome sblemni3ing a marringt; . . between the hours of seven in the evening agd, six in the morning, when he shall have received a general or spec5a;l license in that behalf from the Eoma\n Catholic Bisl~op of the Diocese or Vica~iate in which such marriage shall so be ioiemnized, or f~om such person a4 the s&e Bishop shall hare authorized td grant such license. . .
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Source: India Code