j, — TAMIL NADU ACT NO. iX OF 1949.2 — Roop's Law Assist Statutes

5 j, b. 9 4- -. valid under the same community as the Act, to suc h community and antana Law or not, but purposes to be a legal marriage, if- (a) tho parties to the uqion are not related to each ih df iiffiihj () pq ther in such degree of consanguinity or affinity that conju1 union between them is prohibited by any custom or hih py y age of the commu~ity to which they belong ; and (i) was before the date on which this Act comes into force openly solemnized in accordance with the custo- hihih py mary ceremonies psevailit~g 91 the community to which the parties belong or recognized by tho community as a lid p valid marriage ; or -(ii) is oponly solemnized on or after the date aforesaid and, where either or both the parties are minors, with the consent of the guardian or guardians of such minor or minors ; or arriage under the Malabar ef'ore the d'ate aforesaid, A conjugal union between minors or between a

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