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Notice of Intended Marriage (Court Marriage)

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Price: Free, always.
Stamp duty: This is a notice to a public officer, not an instrument chargeable with stamp duty.
Registration: Not registrable.
Witnesses: No witness signs the notice.

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Also called

Special Marriage Act Notice
Notice of Intended Marriage
Section 5 Notice
Court Marriage Notice
Civil Marriage Notice
Marriage Officer Notice
कोर्ट मैरिज नोटिस
विवाह की सूचना

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The notice that starts a civil ("court") marriage. Two people who want to marry under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, whatever their religions, begin by giving the Marriage Officer a written notice of their intention. Both sign it.

The Marriage Officer of a district where at least one of you has lived for the thirty days just before the notice is the one to give it to. The notice is then published, the law allows thirty days for any objection, and the marriage can be solemnised after that. The Act prescribes a form of notice. This is your own notice with the particulars the Act asks for, and the Marriage Officer may require you to sign the prescribed form as well; if so, sign that form and keep this as a copy of what you told the office. Each party also commonly gives an affidavit with the notice: use the Court Marriage Affidavit in this library, one for each of you. Not for a marriage that has already taken place, which is registered with the Marriage Registration Application. Not for a Sikh Anand Karaj, a Hindu or a Muslim ceremony: those are solemnised and registered under their own routes.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

This is a notice to a public officer, not an instrument chargeable with stamp duty. The Marriage Officer charges a fee fixed under the Act and the rules; no figure is stated here. Confirm the current fee at the office.

Registration

Not registrable. The notice is kept on the Marriage Officer's file. When the marriage is solemnised, the Marriage Officer enters it in the Marriage Certificate Book, so a separate registration is not needed.

Notarisation

The notice itself is signed before the Marriage Officer or handed in signed, as the office directs. The affidavits that go with it are sworn before a Notary or an Oath Commissioner; carry original photo ID.

Witnesses

No witness signs the notice. Three witnesses sign at the marriage itself, before the Marriage Officer.

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NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE UNDER THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954

To,
The Marriage Officer, District Ludhiana,
the State of Punjab.

Sir/Madam,

We, Gurpreet Singh Gill and Rubina Khan, give you notice that we intend to be married to each other under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, and we ask that this notice be published as the Act requires. Our particulars are as follows.

THE BRIDEGROOM
Name: Gurpreet Singh Gill
Father's name: Jaswant Singh Gill
Date of birth: 1 April 2026
Occupation: Software engineer
Address: House No. 214, Model Town, Ludhiana 141002
Marital status before this marriage: unmarried

THE BRIDE
Name: Rubina Khan
Father's name: Imran Khan
Date of birth: 2 April 2026
Occupation: Teacher
Address: Flat 6B, Sector 21-C, Chandigarh 160022
Marital status before this marriage: unmarried

RESIDENCE IN YOUR DISTRICT
For the thirty days immediately before this notice, the following has lived within your district: the bridegroom, since January 2025.

DECLARATION

Each of us declares that neither of us has a spouse living; that neither of us is incapable of giving a valid consent to the marriage; that the bridegroom has completed twenty-one years of age and the bride eighteen; and that we are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship, unless a custom governing one of us permits the marriage. We understand that this notice will be published and that any person may object to the marriage within the time the Act allows.

If you require this notice in the form the Act prescribes, we will sign that form as well.

ENCLOSURES

1. Proof of age of each of us.
2. Proof of address, and of the thirty days' residence in your district.
3. Passport-size photographs of both of us.
4. Our affidavits, and the divorce decree or death certificate of a former spouse where either of us was married before.

Date: 3 April 2026

Signature of the bridegroom: _______________________

Signature of the bride: _______________________

Questions about this document

Does the Notice of Intended Marriage (Court Marriage) need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

This is a notice to a public officer, not an instrument chargeable with stamp duty.

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Does the Notice of Intended Marriage (Court Marriage) need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not registrable.

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What does the Notice of Intended Marriage (Court Marriage) cost on Kaagazaat?

Free, always.

Does the Notice of Intended Marriage (Court Marriage) need witnesses?

No witness signs the notice.

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