Section 1: Short title and extent.

The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937Central Act · Act 19 of 1937

(1) This Act may be called the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937.

[(2) It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] and applies also to citizens of India wherever they may be.]

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Act	The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title and extent.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
substituted. . Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".

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