Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937

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THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937 
 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and extent 
2.  Marriage between Arya Samajists not to be invalid 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937 
 
ACT No. XIX OF 1937 
[14th April, 1937] 
An Act to recognise and remove doubts as to the validity of intermarriages 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) This Act may be called the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 
1937. 
 
 1[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan and applies also to all citizens of Pakistan wherever 
they may be.] 
 
 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 sub-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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Date: 22-07-2024 
 
1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3. and 2nd Sch.