In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "degrees of prohibited relationship " shall have the same meanings as in the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954);
(b) "district ", in relation to a Marriage Officer, means the area within which the duties of his offer are to be discharged;
(c) "foreign country " means a country or place outside India, and includes a ship which is for the time being in the territorial waters of such a country or place;
(d) "Marriage Officer " means a person appointed under section 3 to be a Marriage Officer;
(e) "official house ", in relation to a Marriage Officer, means—
(f) "prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act.