HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955[25 OF 1955]An Act to amend and codify the law relating to marriage among Hindus.BE it enacted by Parliament in the sixth year of the republic of India as follows:-PRELIMINARYShort title and extent1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.(2) It extends to the whole of India [***], and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories.
1. Words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, dated 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 31-10-2019.
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