law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  3. Marriage Officers
  (1) For the purpose of
  
  this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
  
  appoint one or more Marriage Officers for the whole or any part of the State.
   8  [(2) For the purposes
  
  of this Act, in its application to citizens of India domiciled in the
  
  territories to which this Act extends who are in the State of Jammu and
  
  Kashmir, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
  
  specify such officers of the Central Government as it may think fit to be the
  
  Marriage Officers for the State or any part thereof.]