# 9    Licensing of persons to grant certificates of marriage between Indian Christians

The State Government 2* * * may grant a license to any Christian, either by name or as holding any office for the time being, authorizing him to grant certificates of marriage between 1[Indian] Christians.

Any such license may be revoked by the authority by which it was granted, and every such grant or revocation shall be notified in the Official Gazette.

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for “Part A States and Part C States”.

  • 2. The words and brackets "or (so far as regard any Indian State) the Central Government" omitted by the A. O. 1950.

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