An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of
the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called Anand
Whereas it is expedient to remove
any doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs
called Anand;
It is hereby enacted as follows:
1. Short title and extent. - (1) This Act may be called `The
Anand Marriage Act, 1909'; and
(2) It extends to the whole of
India
[1]
[except the State of Jammu and
Kashmir].
2. Validity of Anand Marriage. - All marriages which may be or
may have been duly solemnized according to the Sikh Marriage ceremony called
Anand shall be and shall be deemed to have been with effect from the date
of the solemnization of each respectively, good and valid in law.
3. Exemption of certain marriages from Act. - Nothing in this Act shall apply
to —
(a) any marriage between
persons not professing the Sikh religion, or
(b) any marriage which has
been judicially declared to be null and void.
4. Saving of marriages solemnized according to other ceremonies. — Nothing
in this Act shall affect the validity of any marriage duly solemnized according
to any other marriage ceremony customary among the Sikhs.
5. Non-validation of marriages within prohibited degrees. — Nothing
in this Act shall be deemed to validate any marriage between persons who are
related to each other in any degree of consanguinity or affinity which would,
according to the customary law of the Sikhs, render a marriage between them
illegal.
[1]
Substituted by
Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act 1959.
