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Friday, April 12

Certificate of marriage in case of foreign marriage – S14 Foreign Marriage Act, 1969


When a foreign marriage is solemnised under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 , the Marriage Officer shall enter a certificate in the form specified in the Third Schedule of the Act, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose (called the Marriage Certificate Book). Such certificate to be signed by the parties to the marriage and the three witnesses.
 

On a certificate being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the certificate shall be deemed to the conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized, and that all formalities respecting the residence of the party concurred previous to the marriage and the signature of witnesses have been complied with.

See section 14 of the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969