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1The Special Marriage Act, 1872

( ACT NO. III OF 1872 )

[ 18th July, 1872 ]

Law to apply to issue of marriages under Act
18. The issue of marriages solemnized under this Act shall, if they marry under this Act, be deemed to be subject to the law to which their fathers were subject as to the prohibition of marriages by reason of consanguinity and affinity, and the provisos to section 2 of this Act shall apply to them.
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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Government", "Muslim" and "Penal Code" were substituted, for the words "Provincial Government", "Muhammadan" and "Pakistan Penal Code" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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