Foreign Marriage Act : Definitions. Indian Bare Acts :

Foreign Marriage Act,1969

Act No : 33

Section : Definitions.

2.Definitions.-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 dis- charged; (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.