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

3. I am not related to A.B. (the bridegroom) within the degrees of prohibited relationship. 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 before me and that the declaration required 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. 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. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS This Bill seeks to implement the twenty-third Report of the Law Commission on the law relating to foreign marriages. There is, at present, considerable uncertainty as to the law on the subject as the existing legislation touches only the fringes of the subject and the matter is governed by principles of private international law which are by no means well settled, and which cannot readily be applied to a country such as ours in which different marriage laws apply to different communities. The Special Marriage Act, 1954 sought to remove the uncertainty to some extent by providing that marriages abroad between citizens of India who are domiciled in India might be solemnized under it. In the course of the debates in relation to that Act in Parliament, it was urged that a provision should be made for marriages abroad where one of the parties alone is an Indian citizen. In this context, an assurance was given that Government would, after careful consideration, introduce comprehensive legislation on the subject of foreign marriages. The present Bill is the outcome of that Assurance. 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)