1. Short title, extent and commencement
(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.
Amendment notes (4)
- omitted w.e.f. 31-10-2019 . 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).
- Subs w.e.f. 31-8-1969 . Subs. by Act 33 of 1969, s. 29, for outside the said territories (w.e.f. 31-8-1969).
- . 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).