Section 1:
Short title.
This Act may be called the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872.
Extent.1[It extends to the whole of India 2[except 3[the territories which, immediately before the
1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States] of Travancore-Cochin, Manipur and 4***].]5
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Notes:
1. Subs. by A.O. 1950 for the second para., as amended by A. O. 1937 and A.O. 1948: [NOTE: The Act does not extend to the
State of Manipur, vide Act 30 of 1950, s. 3(2A) and Sch. As amended by Act 68 of 1956, s. 2. The Act has been extended to
and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I.]2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "except Part B States".3. Subs. by the Adaption of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "the States".
4. The words "State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019). .5. In its application to Pondicherry, in section 1, the following proviso shall be added at the end of section 1"Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry."--(vide Act 26 of 1968).6. The commencement cl. rep. by Act 16 of 1874, s. 1 and the Schedule.