The Special Marriage Act, 1954
4. Conditions relating to solemnization of special marriages. –
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force relating to the solemnization of marriages, a marriage between any two persons may be solemnized under this Act, 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 male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years;
(d) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship; and
(e) where the marriage is solemnized outside the territories to which this Act extends, both parties are citizens of India domiciled in the said territories.
The Special Marriage Act, 1954
