Section 6: Grant and revocation of licenses to solemnize marriages.
1[Grant and revocation of licenses to solemnize marriages.--The State Government, so far as regards the territories under its administration, 2*** may, by notification in the Official Gazette 3** *, grant licenses to Ministers of Religion to solemnize marriages within such territories 4* * * and may, by a a like notification revoke such licenses.]
1. Subs. by Act 2 of 1891, s. 1, for s. 6. 2. The words "and the Central Government, so far as regards any Indian State" omitted by the A. O. 1950. 3. The words "or in the Gazette of India, as the case may be" omitted by the A. O. 1937. 4. The words "and State, respectively," omitted by the A. O. 1950.
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