Section 9: Licensing of persons to grant certificates of marriage between Indian Christians.

The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872Central Act · Act 15 of 1872

The State Government * * * 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 [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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
Section	9
Marginal note	Licensing of persons to grant certificates of marriage between Indian Christians.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 3 of 1951. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for “Part A States and Part C States”.
omitted. . The words and brackets "or (so far as regard any Indian State) the Central Government" omitted by the A. O. 1950.

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