Special Marriage Act only recommend for Inter caste

 Parties who intend to get married under the Special marriage Act shall give a notice in writing in the specified form to the Marriage Officer of the district also the SDM in some cases , in which at least one of the parties to the marriage has resided for a period of not less than thirty days immediately preceding the date on which such notice is given. 

This is only recommend for parties who are not within the religion frame due to the length of the procedure and no flexibility.

After the service of the notice, if no objection is raised then in that case a publication depending on the state and notification passed by the officer shall take effect and can garb your length of time into this procedure for the purpose of certificate and filing of other documents in use.

Procedure

Upon receipt of an application signed by both the parties to the marriage for the registration,

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the Marriage Officer shall give public notice thereof in such manner as may be prescribed

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after allowing a period of thirty days for objection

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after hearing any objection received within that period, shall, if satisfied that all the conditions are fulfilled, enter a certificate of the marriage in the Marriage Certificate Book in the prescribed form.

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such certificate shall be signed by the parties to the marriage and by three witnesses.

A notice has to be given in writing in the form given below to the Marriage Officer of the District in which at least one of the parties to the marriage has resided for a period of not less than 30 days immediately proceeding the date on which such notice was given.

NOTICE

To,
Marriage Officer,
_______District________

               We hereby give you notice that a marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, is intended to be solemnized between us within three calendar months hereof.

Name:
Condition:
Occupation:
Age:
Dwelling:

Place of residence if present dwelling place not permanent.

AB

Unmarried/Widower/Divorced

Witness our hands this _____ day of ___ 200_

Signed AB                   Signed CD

The notice given is then published by affixing it in some conspicuous place in the office of the Marriage Officer, and before the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the notice was published any person can object to the marriage that it would contravene any of the conditions necessary for the marriage.

After the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the notice was published the marriage may be solemnized.

DECLARATION MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM

1. I, _________hereby declare as follows;
2. I am at the present unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be)
3. I have completed _______ years of age.
4. I am not related to ________(the bride) within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
5. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.

SIGNED__________
(BRIDEGROOM)

DECLARATION MADE BY THE BRIDE

1. I, _________hereby declare as follows;
2. I am at the present unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be)
3. I have completed_______years of age.
4. I am not related to ________(the bridegroom) within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
5. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.

SIGNED__________
(BRIDE)

       Signed in our presence by the aboveground ________ and __________ .So far as we are aware there is no lawful impediment to the marriage.

WITNESSES

SIGNED____

SIGNED____

SIGNED____

COUNTERSIGNED

MARRIAGE OFFICER
Dated:___day of ________200

The marriage may be solemnized at the office of the Marriage Officer or at such place within reasonable distance as the parties may desire upon payment of such additional fees as may be prescribed.

The marriage may be solemnized in a form, which the parties may choose to adopt.

However, no marriage is complete and binding unless each party says to the other in the presence of the Marriage Officer and the three witnesses in any language understood by the parties,

I_______take thee________to be my lawful wife (or husband)

After the marriage has been solemnized the Marriage Officer shall enter a certificate in the Marriage Certificate Book and this shall be signed by the parties to the marriage and the three witnesses and this shall be conclusive evidence of the marriage.

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