law: The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 
  17.Registration of foreign marriages.- 
  (1) Where ---
  (a) a Marriage Officer is satisfied that a
  
  marriage has been duly solemnized in a foreign country in accordance with the
  
  law of that country between parities of whom one at least was a citizen of
  
  India; and
  (b) a party to the marriages informs the
  
  Marriage Officers writing that he or she desires the marriages to be registered
  
  the Marriage Officer may, upon payment of the prescribed fee register the
  
  marriage.
  (2) No marriage shall be registered under the section unless at
  
  the time of registration it satisfies the conditions mentioned in section 4.
  (3) The Marriages Officer may, for reasons to be recorded in
  
  writing, refuse to register a marriage under this section on the ground that in
  
  his opinion the marriage is inconsistent with international law or the country
  
  of nations.
  (4) Where a Marriage Officers refuses to register a marriage
  
  under this section the party applying for registration may appeal to the
  
  Central Government in the prescribed manner within a period of thirty days from
  
  the date of such refusal ; and the Marriage Officer shall act in conformity
  
  with the decision of the Central Government on such appeal.
  (5) Registration of a marriage under this section shall be
  
  effected by the Marriage Officer by entering a certificate of the marriage in
  
  the prescribed form and in the prescribed manner in the Marriage Certificate
  
  Book and such certificate shall be signed by the parties to the marriage and by
  
  three witnesses.
  (6) A marriage registered under this section shall, as from the
  
  date of registration, be deemed too have solemnized under this Act.
  Comment  : Under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 read
  
  with Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 there is no prohibition of a marriage between
  
  an Indian and a foreign national: (1992) 24 DRJ 294