section 11
Place for solemnizing marriage
The Indian Christian Marriage ActCivil187289 sections8 chapters
Part II TIME AND PLACE AT WHICH MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED
Statutory text
No Clergyman of the Church of England shall solemnize a marriage in any place other than a church where worship is generally held according to the forms of the Church of England, unless there is no such church within five miles distance by the shortest road from such place, or unless he has received a special license authorizing him to do so under the hand and seal of the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese or his Commissary. Fee for special license.—For such special license, the Registrar of the Diocese may charge such additional fee as the said Bishop from time to time authorizes.
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