Foreign Marriage Act,1969
Act No : 33
Section :
Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in accordance withlocal law in a foreign country.
24. Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in accordance with local law in a foreign country.-(1) Where- (a) a marriage is solemnized in any foreign country specified in this behalf by the Central Government, by noti- fication in the Official Gazette, in accordance with the law of that country between parties of whom one at least is a citizen of India; and (b) a party to the marriage who is such citizen produces to a Marriage Officer in the country in which the marriage was solemnized- (i) a copy of the entry in respect of the marriage in the marriage register of that country certified by the appropriate authority in that country to be a true copy of that entry; and (ii) if the copy of that entry is not in the English language, a translation into the prescribed language of that copy; and (c) the Marriage Officer is satisfied that the copy of the entry in the marriage register is a true copy and that the translation, if any, is a true translation; the Marriage Officer, upon the payment of the prescribed fee, shall certify upon the copy that he is satisfied that the copy is a true copy of the entry in the marriage register and upon the translation that he is satisfied that the translation is a true translation of the copy and shall issue the copy and the translation to the said party. (2) A document relating to a marriage in a foreign country issued under sub-section (1) shall be admitted in evidence in any proceedings as if it were a certificate duly issued by the appropriate authority of that country.
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