Chapter I — PRELIMINARY

Section 4Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages

Section 4: Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages

4. Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages

A marriage between parties one of whom at least is a citizen of India may be solemnized under this Act by or before a Marriage Officer in a foreign country, if, at the time of the marriage, the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—

(a)

neither party has a spouse living,

(b)

neither party is an idiot or a lunatic,

(c)

the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years and the bride the age of eighteen years at the time of the marriage, and

(d)

the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship:

Provided that where the personal law or a custom governing at least one of the parties permits of a marriage between them, such marriage may be solemnized, notwithstanding that they are within the degrees of prohibited relationship.