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Notice of Intended Marriage (Court Marriage)

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The bridegroom

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NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE UNDER THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954

Sir/Madam,

THE BRIDEGROOM
Name: __________
Father's name: __________
Date of birth: __________
Occupation: __________
Address: __________
Marital status before this marriage: __________

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.

Signature of the bridegroom: _______________________

Signature of the bride: _______________________

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