Section 3
Marriage Officers.
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.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the State Government may, by, notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint one or more Marriage Officers for the whole or any part of the State.
1[(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.]
1[(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.]
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).