Section 3: Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages. No marriage shall be valid if

3. Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages. No marriage shall be valid if— (a) the contracting parties are related to each other in any of the degrees of consanguinity or affinity set forth in Schedule I ; or (b) such marriage is not solemnized according to the Parsi form of ceremony called “Ashirvad” by a priest in the presence of two Parsi witnesses other than such priest ; or (c) in the case of any Parsi (whether such Parsi has changed his or her religion or domicile or not) who has not completed the age of twenty-one years, the consent of his or her father or guardian has not been previously given to such marriage.

Effective date: 1936-01-01

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