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THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ACT, 1872 · THE PERSONS BY WHOM MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED

Section 5 — Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized

Marriages may be solemnized in 3[India]—
(1)by any person who has received episcopal ordination, provided that the marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of which he is a Minister;
(2)by any Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, provided that such marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland;
(3)by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages;
(4)by, or in the presence of, a Marriage Registrar appointed under this Act;
(5)by any person licensed under this Act to grant certificates of marriage between 4[Indian Christians].