The Bombay Registration of Marriages (Gujarat Extension and Amendment) Act, 1963

1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Registration of Marriages (Gujarat Extension and Amendment) Act, 1963.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In section 1 of the Bombay Registration of Marriages Act, 1953 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"),-

1. (i) for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

1. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.".
   • (ii) to sub-section (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- " Provided that in that part of the State to which this Act is extended by the Bombay Registration of Marriages (Gujarat Extension and Amendment) Act, 1963, this section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force in such areas and on such date as the State Government may, by like notification, appoint.".

-1 3. In section 7 of the principal Act, for the words "the Bombay area of the State of Gujarat". the words "thrs State'' shall be substituted.