REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette 
of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section I
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 72] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1956
MINISTRY OF LAW
New Delhi, the 21st December, 1956
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 20th December, 1956, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE HINDU MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956
No. 73 of 1956
[20th December, 1956]
An Act to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be calledShort title. the Hindu Marriage (Amendment) Act, 1956.
2. InAmendment of section 10. clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for the words "has, immediately before",25 of 1955. the words "has, for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding" shall be substituted.
K. V. K. SUNDARAM,
Secy. to the Government of India.
CORRIGENDUM
In the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, dated the 19th June, 1956, on page 679, in clause (b) of the proviso to clause (ii) of Explanation 3 of paragraph 2 of the First Schedule, for the words "persons who are citizens of India" read "persons who are not citizens of India".
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