This is
also a pre-requisite of solemnisation of Foreign Marriage under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 that the parties to marriage and three witnesses shall sign
a declaration form (form specified in the second schedule) in front of Marriage Officer. Thereafter Marriage
Officer shall counter sign the declaration.
The
declaration to be in following format:
DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM
I, _______________
hereby declare as follows:
1. I
am present time unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be)
2. I
have completed…………………..years of age.
3. I
am not related to ______(The bride) within the degrees of prohibited
relationship.
4. I
am citizen of……………………. (to be filled up)
5. I
am aware that, if any statement in the declaration is false, I am liable to
imprisonment and also to fine.
Sd/-.
_______________(The
bridegroom)
DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE
I, _______,
hereby declare as follows:
1. I
am present time unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be)
2. I
have completed…………………..years of age.
3. I
am not related to _______(The bride) within the degrees of prohibited
relationship.
4. I
am citizen of……………………. (to be filled up)
5. I am aware that, if any statement in the
declaration is false, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.
Sd.
_____ (the
bride)
Signed in
our presence by the above named _____And ______So far as we are aware, there is
no lawful impediment to the marriage.
SD/-
Three
witnesses.
(Countersigned)
E.F.
Marriage
Officer
Dated
the…………………day of……………..19…………