When after
giving notice of intended marriage under section 5 of the Foreign Marriage Act,1969, the marriage is not solemnized:
(i) within a period of six months from the date on which notice was
given to Marriage Officer, or
(ii) where the record of the case has been transmitted to the Central
Government under section 10 or where an appeal has been preferred to the
Central Government under section 11, within three months from the date of the
decision of the Central Government in such case or appeal, as the case may be,
The notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have lapsed, and foreign marriage can only be solemnized by Marriage Officer, after new
notice of intended marriage as per section 5 of the Act.
See section 16 of the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 on lawzonline.com