The INDIAN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ACT, 1872

THE PERSONS BY WHOM MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED

Section 6: Grant and revocation of licenses to solemnize marriages.

The State Government, so far as regards the territories under its administration, [Omitted] may, by notification in the Official Gazette [Omitted] , grant licenses to Ministers of Religion to solemnize marriages within such territories [Omitted] and may, by a like notification revoke such licenses.]