THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937
ACT No.  19 OF 1937
[14th April, 1937.]

An  Act  to recognise and remove doubts as to the validity  of  inter-marriages current among Arya Samajists.

     WHEREAS  it is expedient to recognise and place beyond doubt  the validity  of  inter-marriages  of  a 

class of  Hindus  known  as  Arya Samajists; It is hereby enacted as follows:

1. Short title and extent.

     1.Short  title  and extent.-(1) This Act may be called  the  Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937.

     1*[(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2*[the territories which,  immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were  

comprised  in Part B States] and applies also to citizens of India wherever they may
be.]

2. Marriage between Arya Samajists not to be invalid.

     2.Marriage   between   Arya  Samajists  not   to   be   invalid.-
Notwithstanding  any  provision of  Hindu Law, usage or custom to  the contrary   no  marriage  contracted  

whether  before  or   after   the commencement of this Act between two persons being at the time of  the marriage  Arya Samajists shall be 

invalid or shall be deemed  ever  to have  been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties at  any time belonged to different castes or different s

ub-castes of Hindus or
that  either  or both of the parties at any time before  the  marriage
belonged to a religion other than Hinduism.

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1 Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for the former sub-section (2).
2  Subs.  by  the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order,1956, for "Part  B
States".

Extended  to and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli  (w.e.f.
1-7-65) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and  Sch. I.