Section 1 Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Anand Marriage Act, 1909; and.
(2) Its extends to the whole of India 1***
Section 2 Validity of Anand marriages.
All marriages which may be or may have been dulysolemnized according to the Sikh marriage ceremony called Anand 1[(commonly known as Anand Karaj)] shall be, and shall be deemed to have been with effect from the date Of the solemnizationor each respectively, good and valid in law.
Section 3 Exemption of certain marraiges 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 judically declared to be null and void.
Section 4 Saving of marriages solemnized according to other ceremonies.
Nothing in this Act shallaffect the validity of any marriage duly solemnized according to any other marriage ceremony customary among the Sikhs.
Section 5 Non-validation of marriages within prohibited degrees.
Nothing in this Act shall be deemedto validate any marriage between persons who are related to each other in any degree of consanguinity oreffinity which would, according to the customary law of the Sikhs, render a marriage between themillegal.
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