Nollywood actress swara bhasker gets married under the special marriage act with politician Fahad Ahmad and coined the new word “The Right To Love”. Under the SMA 1954, the couples have to serve a notice with the relevant documents to the Marriage Officer 30 days before the intended date of the marriage.
The special marriage act 1954 governs a civil marriage where the state sanctions the marriage rather than the religion where as the Muslim Marriage Act, 1954, and the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, require either spouse to convert to the religion of the other before marriage. Watch Nora Fatehi Glamorous Photo Shoot
What is Special Marriage Act, 1954
The Special Marriage Act, 1954 allows people from different religious background or inter religion to get married.
“When a marriage is intended to be solemnized under this Act, the parties to the marriage shall give notice thereof in writing in the form specified in the Second Schedule to the Marriage Officer of the district in which at least one of the parties to the marriage has resided for a period of not less than thirty days immediately preceding the date on which such notice is given,” according to the Special Marriage Act.
- Before the marriage is solemnized the parties and three witnesses shall, in the presence of the Marriage Officer, sign a declaration in the form specified in the Third Schedule to this Act, and the declaration shall be countersigned by the Marriage Officer.
- The marriage may be solemnized in any form which the parties may choose to adopt: Provided that it shall not be complete and binding on the parties unless each party says to the other in the presence of the Marriage Officer and the three witnesses and in any language understood by the parties,― “I, (A), take the (B), to be my lawful wife (or husband)”.
- When the marriage has been solemnized, the Marriage Officer shall enter a certificate thereof in the form specified in the Fourth Schedule in a book to be kept by him for that purpose and to be called the Marriage Certificate Book and such certificate shall be signed by the parties to the marriage and the three witnesses.