4. Conditions relating to solemnization of foreign marriages .-A marriage between parties one of whom at least is a citizen of India may be solemnized under this Act by or before a Marriage Officer in a foreign country, if, at the time of the marriage, the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:- (a) neither party has a spouse living, (b) neither party is an idiot or a lunatic; (c) the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty one years and the bride the age of eighteen years at the time of the marriage; and (d) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship; Provided that where the personal law or a custom governing at least one of the parties permits of a marriage between them, such marriage may be solemnized, notwithstanding that they are within the degree of prohibited relationship. |