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.