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THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937 THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937 ACT No. XIX of 1937 (For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India. 1935, Pt. V, p. 132; and for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., 1936, Pt. V, p 306. The Act has been applied to Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1938, Pt. I, p. 1371.) [14th April, 1937] An Act to recognise and remove doubts as to the validity of inter marriages current among Arya Samajists WHEREAS it is expedient to recognise and place beyond doubt the validity of inter‑marriages of a class of Hindus known as Arya Samajists ; It is hereby enacted as follows :‑ 1. Short title and extent.‑(1) This Act may be called the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937. (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 155), for the original sub‑section (2), as amended by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1940 (32 of 1940), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. and A. O., 1949.)[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan and applies also to all citizens of Pakistan wherever they may be.]