Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***, and applies also to citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are 3[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir].

(3) It shall come into force on such date4 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.