The Anand Marriage Act, 1909

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                     THE ANAND MARRIAGE ACT, 1909




                                       CONTENTS
1.   Short title and extent

2.   Validity of Anand marriage

3.   Exemption of certain marriage from Act

4.   Saving of marriages solemnized according to other ceremonies

5.   Non-validation of marriages within prohibited degrees




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                                       THE ANAND MARRIAGE ACT, 1909
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                                                               ACT No. VII OF 1909

                                                                                                                         [22nd October, 1909]

An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called
                                                Anand.

     WHEREAS it is expedient to remove any doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony
common among the Sikhs called Anand; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

           1. Short title and extent.___(1) This Act may be called the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 ; and
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               [(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.]

       2. Validity of Anand marriage. All marriages which may be or may have been duly
solemnized according to the Sikh marriage ceremony called Anand shall be, and shall be deemed to
have been with effect from the date of the solemnization of each respectively, good and valid in law.

           3. Exemption of certain marriage from Act. Nothing in this Act shall apply to–

                      (a)        any marriage between persons not professing the Sikh religion, or

                      (b)         any marriage which has been judicially declared to be null and void.

        4. Saving of marriages solemnized according to other ceremonies. Nothing in this Act shall
affect the validity of any marriage duly solemnized according to any other marriage ceremony
customary among the Sikhs.

      5. Non-validation of marriages within prohibited degrees. Nothing in this Act shall be
deemed to validate any marriage between persons who are related to each other in any degree of
consanguinity or affinity which would, according to the customary law of the Sikhs, render a marriage
between them illegal.



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                                                                                                                               Date: 11-09-2024
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  For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1908, Pt. V, p. 357; for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., 1909, Pt. V,p. 1034; and for
Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1908, Pt. VI, p. 156, and ibid., 1909 Pt. VI, pp. 156, 161 and 165.
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  Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for the original
sub-section (2) as amended by A.O., 1949.


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