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Under Section 42 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, nothing contained in the Act shall affect validity…

Section 42 preserves the validity of marriages not solemnized under this Act and of modes of contracting marriage. It does not itself validate a void marriage under section…

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Under Section 42 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, nothing contained in the Act shall affect validity of:

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Section 42 preserves the validity of marriages not solemnized under this Act and of modes of contracting marriage. It does not itself validate a void marriage under section 24 or annul a voidable one under section 25. The text contains no exception referring to section 19.

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