What is Section19 of Foreign Marriage Act 1969?

SOLUTION

The correct answer is Punishment for Bigamy.

• Section 19 in The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969: Punishment for bigamy.
  • Any person whose marriage is solemnized or deemed to have been solemnized under this Act and who, during the subsistence of his marriage, contracts any other marriage in India shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 494 and section 495 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860) and the marriage so contracted shall be void.

• Foreign Marriage Act, 1969:
  • An Act to make provision relating to marriages of citizens of India outside India. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India.
  • The provision of clause 1 of the act is also applied to any offence committed by a citizen of India without and beyond India. 
  • If the Central Government is satisfied that the law in force in any foreign country for the solemnization of marriage contains provisions similar to those contained in this Act, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that marriages solemnized under the law in force in such foreign country shall be recognized by courts in India as valid.
  • With reference to the formation of this act, it can be said that there is a need to formulate some provision that defines the rules of the marriage of Indian citizens who resides outside India. Because already there is a law that governs the marriage of citizens of India who also resides in India so there is a need for framing this act.