Difference in actual age and on records age – marriage if possible

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      If a girl’s age as per school certificate is 17 years but her actual age is 18 years, can she get married? (She wants to do a love marriage)

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      The authorities will accept the age as reflected in the official documents, such as the school certificate. If age of the girl as per the official records is 17 years only, then she is a minor and she cannot get married.

      However, if you feel that her actual age is 18 years and there is evidence to support the same, then you may get the official records corrected and let her actual age of 18 years be first got recorded in the official records. Once the official records are corrected to reflect her age to be of 18 years, then it should be possible for the girl to get married.

           


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