Section 10
Procedure on receipt of objection by Marriage Officer abroad.
The Special Marriage Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to provide a special form of marriage in certain cases, for the registration of such and certain other marriages and for divorce.
Where an objection is made
under section 7 to a Marriage Officer 1 [n the State of Jammu and Kashmir in respect of an intended
marriage in the State], and the Marriage Officer, after making such inquiry into the matter as he thinks fit,
entertains a doubt in respect thereof, he shall not solemnize the marriage but 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 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.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for "outside the territories to which this Act extends in respect of an intended marriage outside
the said territories" (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).