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The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
Commercial Law Publishers
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About this book
This 2022 edition reproduces The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 verbatim, together with the Foreign Marriage Rules, 1970. The Bare Act text is kept intact, with short comments drawing on Ministry of External Affairs circulars covering digital registration, apostille and comparative-law jurisprudence.
At a glance
| Act | Act 33 of 1969 |
| Rules | Foreign Marriage Rules, 1970 |
| Edition | 2022 |
| Format | Bare Act with short comments |
| Publisher | Commercial Law Publishers |
What's inside
- Notice and publication: Form I notice at an Indian embassy or high commission, and the 30-day objection period
- Powers of marriage officers to solemnise, maintain registers and issue certificates
- Recognition in India, equivalence with the Special Marriage Act, and divorce jurisdiction
- Grounds on which a marriage is void or voidable, including capacity, prohibited relationships and consent
- Penalties for false declaration, and bigamy deterrence
Who should buy this
- Consular officials, legal affairs wings and NRIs planning overseas marriages
- Family law practitioners handling cross-border matrimonial matters
- Migration agents, apostille consultants and private international law students
Publisher's description
This 2022 edition of The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 (Act 33 of 1969) reproduces the Act verbatim with the Foreign Marriage Rules, 1970. Short comments distil Ministry-of-External-Affairs circulars on digital registration, apostille, and same-sex-marriage jurisprudence under comparative law—while keeping the Bare-Act pristine.
Core statutory coverage
• Notice & publication – Form I notice at Indian embassy/high commission, 30-day objection period.
• Marriage officers’ powers – solemnisation, register maintenance, certificate issue.
• Recognition in India – equivalence with Special Marriage Act, divorce jurisdiction.
• Void & voidable marriage grounds – capacity, prohibited relationships, consent.
• Penalties – false declaration, bigamy deterrence.
This edition is particularly suited for
• Consular officials, legal-affairs wings & NRIs planning overseas marriages.
• Family-law practitioners handling cross-border matrimonial matters.
• Migration agents and apostille consultants.
• Law students in private-international-law electives.
Frequently asked questions
What is The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969?+
This 2022 edition reproduces The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 verbatim, together with the Foreign Marriage Rules, 1970. The Bare Act text is kept intact, with short comments drawing on Ministry of External Affairs circulars covering digital registration, apostille and comparative-l
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