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Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Special Marriage Act, 1954Central Act · Act 43 of 1954

(1) This Act may be called the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

((2) It extends to the whole of India ***, and applies also to citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are [in the State of Jammu and Kashmir].

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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ActThe Special Marriage Act, 1954
Section1
Marginal noteShort title, extent and commencement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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.

  • omitted, Act 34 of 2019. . The words except the State of Jammu and Kashmir omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
  • substituted, Act 33 of 1969. . Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for outside the said territories (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).
  • other. . 1st January, 1955, vide notification No. S.R.O. 3606, dated 17th December, 1954, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3. The Act has been extended to State of Sikkim vide notification No. S.O. 1629(E), dated 15th April 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).

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