law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  1. Short title Extent 
  This Act may be called
  
  the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872.
   1  [It extends to the
  
  whole of India 2[except 3[the territories which,
  
  immediately before the 1st. November, 1956, were comprised in the States] of
  
  Travancore-Cochin, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir].]4