Section 2: Definitions.

The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969Central Act · Act 33 of 1969

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

(a) "degrees of prohibited relationship" shall have the same meaning as in the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954);

(b) "district", in relation to a Marriage Officer, means the area within which the duties of his office are to be discharged;

(c) "foreign country" means a country or place outside India, and includes a ship which is for the time being in the territorial waters of such a country or place;

(d) "Marriage Officer" means a person appointed under section 3 to be a Marriage Officer;

(e) "official house", in relation to a Marriage Officer, means--

(i) the official house of residence of the officer;

(ii) the office in which the business of the officer is transacted;

(iii) a prescribed place; and

(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.

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Act	The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
Section	2
Marginal note	Definitions.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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