law: The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 
  29.Amendment of Act 43 of 1954.- 
  In the Special Marriage Act, 1954, ----
  (a) in section 1, in sub-section (2), for the words
  
  "outside the said territories", the words "in the State of Jammu
  
  and Kashmir" shall be substituted ;
  (b) in section 2, clauses (a) and (c) shall be omitted ;
  (c) in section 3, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section
  
  shall be substituted namely :---
  "(2) For the purposes of this Act, in its application to
  
  the citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which the Act extends who
  
  are in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Government as it may think
  
  fit to be the Marriage Officers for the State or any part thereof" ;
  (d) in section 4, for clause (e), the following clause shall be
  
  substituted, namely :--
  "(e) where the marriage is solemnized in the State of Jammu
  
  Kashmir, both the parties are citizens of India domiciled in the territories to
  
  which this Act extends";
  (e) in section 10, for the words "outside the territories
  
  to which this Act extends in respect of an intended marriage outside the said
  
  territories", the words "in the State of Jammu and Kashmir in respect
  
  of an intended marriage in the State" shall be substituted;
  (f) in section 50, in sub-section (1), the words
  
  "diplomatic and consular officers and other" shall be omitted.