In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a)“degrees of prohibited relationship” shall have the same meaning as in the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954);
(b)“district”, in relation to a Marriage Officer, means the area within which the duties of his office are to be discharged;
(c)“foreign country” means a country or place outside India, and includes a ship which is for the time being in the territorial waters of such a country or place;
(d)“Marriage Officer” means a person appointed under section 3 to be a Marriage Officer;
(e)“official house”, in relation to a Marriage Officer, means—
(i)the official house of residence of the officer;
(ii)the office in which the business of the officer is transacted;
(iii)a prescribed place; and
(f)“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.