Parliament of India

“ No person shall be entitled to act as a guardian in marriage under the provisions of this section unless such person has himself completed his or her twenty-first year.
(3) Where any person entitled to be the guardian in marriage under the foregoing provisions refuses, or is for any cause unable or unfit, to act as such, the person next in order shall be entitled to be the guardian.
(4) In the absence of any such person as is referred to in subsection (1) , the consent of a guardian shall not be necessary for a marriage under this Act. ”

“ Disposal of property.—In any proceeding under this Act, the court may make such provisions in the decree as it deems just and proper with respect to any property presented, at or about the time of marriage, which may belong jointly to both the husband and the wife. ”

“ Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) , no petition for annulling a marriage—
(a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained if— (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner has, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered ”

“ Provided that the rule is certain and not unreasonable or opposed to public policy; and Provided further that in the case of a rule applicable only to a family it has not been discontinued by the family; (b) “district court” means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, as having jurisdiction In respect of the matters dealt with in this Act ”

“ Provided that the bride is living with him and is being brought up by him; (g) the paternal uncle by full blood; as between paternal uncles the elder being preferred; (h) the paternal uncle by half blood; as between paternal uncles by half blood the elder being preferred: Provided that the bride is living with him and is being brought up by him ”