In the Special Marriage Act, 1954—

(a) in section 1, in sub-section (2) for the words "outside the said territories ", the words "in the State of Jammu and Kashmir " shall be substituted;

(b) in section 2, clauses (a) and (c) shall be omitted;

(c) in section 3, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

(d) in section 4, for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

(e) in section 10, for the words "outside the territories to which this Act extends in respect of an intended marriage outside and said territories ", the words "in the State of Jammu and Kashmir in respect of an intended marriage in the State " shall be substituted;

(f) in section 50, in sub-section (1), the words "diplomatic and consular officers and other " shall be omitted.