What Documents Required For Foreigner To Register Their Marriage With Indian
The parties must belong to the same religion for which the act is intended (for the Hindu Marriage Act, both parties must be Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by faith; for the Christian Marriage Act, one party must be a Christian by faith; for the Muslim Personal Law Shariat Application Act, both parties must be Parsees by faith; and for the Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, both parties must be Parsees by faith). With a few exceptions, most laws operate in a similar manner, with some exceptions being that polygamy is permitted for Muslims and that the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act does not take into account other considerations like the age of majority. The parties (i.e., the people wishing to get married) cannot both have a spouse who is still alive; instead, they must both be single, divorced, or widowed. The partners' consent is legitimate (i.e., they both have sound minds) and they are mentally capable of entering into a marriage (i.e., they are not prone to...