law: The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 
  16.New notice when marriage not solemnized within six
  
  months.- 
  Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within six months from the
  
  date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required
  
  under section 5 or where the record of a case has been transmitted to the
  
  Central Government under section 10, or where an appeal has been preferred to
  
  the Central Government under section 11, within three months from the date to
  
  the Central Governments under from the date of the decision of the Central
  
  Government in such case or appeal, as the case may be, the notice and all other
  
  proceedings arising there from shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage
  
  Officer shall solemnize the marriage until new notice has been given in the
  
  manner laid down in this Act.