The SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954

CONSEQUENCES OF MARRIAGE UNDER THIS ACT

Section 20: Rights and disabilities not affected by Act.

Subject to the provisions of section 19, any person whose marriage is solemnized under this Act shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the same disabilities in regard to the right of succession to any property as a person to whom the Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850 (21 of 1850), applies.