law: The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 
  24.Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in
  
  accordance with local law in a foreign country.- 
  (1) Where ----
  (a) a marriage is solemnized in any foreign
  
  country specified in this behalf by the Central Government, by notification in
  
  the Official Gazette, in accordance with the law of that country between
  
  parities of whom one at least is a citizen of India ; and
  (b) a party to the marriage who is such
  
  citizen produces to a Marriages Officer in the country in which the marriage
  
  was solemnized ----
  (i) a copy of the entry in respect of the
  
  marriage in the marriage register of that country certified by the appropriate
  
  authority in that country to be true copy that entry; and
  (ii) if the copy of that entry is not in the
  
  English Language, a translation into the prescribed language of that copy ; and
  (c) the Marriage Officer is satisfied that the
  
  copy of the entry in the marriage register is a true copy and that the
  
  translation, if any, is a true translation ;
  the Marriage Officer, upon the payment of the
  
  prescribed fee, shall certify upon the copy of the entry in the marriage
  
  register and upon the translation that he is satisfied that the translation is
  
  a true translation of the copy and shall issue the copy and the translation to
  
  the said party.
  (2) A document relating to a marriage in a foreign country
  
  issued under sub-section (1) shall be admitted in evidence in any proceedings
  
  if it were a certificate duly issued by the appropriate authority of that
  
  country.