.Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force relating to the solemnization of marriages, a marriage between any two persons may be solemnized under this Act, if at the time of the marriage the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:

(a) neither party has a spouse living;

(b) [ neither party [Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 21 (w.e.f. 27.5.1976).]

(c) the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years;

(d) [ the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship: [Substituted by Act 32 of 1963, Section 2 (w.e.f. 22.9.1963).]

(e) [ where the marriage is solemnized in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, both parties are citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends.]

(i) that such rule has been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time among those members;

(ii) that such rule is certain and not unreasonable or opposed to public policy; and

(iii) that such rule, if applicable only to a family, has not been discontinued by the family.]