Under Section 14 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, where the record is transmitted under Section 10,…

Section 14 treats the notice as lapsed if the marriage is not solemnized within three months, and where the record has been transmitted under section 10 the three months run "from the date of decision of the Central Government". The date of the district court's decision applies only where an appeal was filed under section 8(2), and the date of the notice is the ordinary starting point.