Act Number: 7

Act Name: The Anand Marriage Act, 1909

Year: 1909

Enactment Date: 1909-10-22

Long Title: An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called Anand.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 5: Non-validation of marriages within prohibited degrees.
    Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to validate any marriage between persons who are related to each other in any degree of consanguinity or effinity which would, according to the customary law of the Sikhs, render a marriage between them illegal.
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