(1) Subject to this Chapter, a
marriage may be concluded between a man and a woman on the
following conditions:
(a) If the man and the woman agree to accept each
other as husband and wife,
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(b) If the man and the woman are not relatives,
punishable by law on incest,
(c) If matrimonial relationship of both the man and the
woman does not exist,
(d) If both have attained twenty years of age.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (b) of
sub-section (1), nothing shall bar the conclusion, or causing the
conclusion of, a marriage within the relationship that is allowed to
marry in accordance with the practices prevailing in their ethnic
community or clan.