Foreign marriages may be
solemnised under Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 by or before a Marriage Officer appointed for such purpose 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 be bride the age of
eighteen years at the time of the marriage, and
(d) the
parties are not within the degree of prohibited of relationship :
However 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.