Section 9:
Licensing of persons to grant certificates of marriage between Indian Christians.
The State
Government 2* * * may grant a license to any Christian, either by name or as holding any office for the
time being, authorizing him to grant certificates of marriage between 1[Indian] Christians.
Any such license may be revoked by the authority by which it was granted, and every such grant or
revocation shall be notified in the Official Gazette.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for “Part A States and Part C States”.
2. The words and brackets "or (so far as regard any Indian State) the Central Government" omitted by the A. O. 1950.