Act Number: 43

Act Name: The Special Marriage Act, 1954

Year: 1954

Enactment Date: 1954-10-09

Long Title: An Act to provide a special form of marriage in certain cases, for the registration of such and certain other marriages and for divorce.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Special Marriage Act, 1954.
     ((2) It extends to the whole of India 1***, and applies also to citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are 2[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir].
     (3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. The words except the State of Jammu and Kashmir omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
2. Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for outside the said territories (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).
3. 1st January, 1955, vide notification No. S.R.O. 3606, dated 17th December, 1954, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3.
The Act has been extended to State of Sikkim vide notification No. S.O. 1629(E), dated 15th April 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
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