The Third Schedule | The Special Marriage Act, 1954 (SMA 1954)
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(See section 11)
DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM
I, A.B., hereby declare as follows:―
1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be).
2. I have completed .....years of age.
3. I am not related to C.D. (the bride) within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
4. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.
(Sd.) A.B. (the Bridegroom).
DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE
I, C.D., hereby declare as follows:―
1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widow or a divorcee, as the case may be).
2. I have completed ....years of age.
3. I am not related to A.B. (the Bridegroom) within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
4. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine.
(Sd.) C.D. (the Bride)
Signed in our presence by the above-named A.B. and C.D. So far as we are aware there is no lawful impediment to the marriage.