2. Definitions .―In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, ―
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(b)“degrees of prohibited relationship ”-a man and any of the persons mentioned in Part I of the
First Schedule and a woman and any of the persons mentioned in Part II of the said Schedule are
within the degrees of prohibited relationship.
Explanation I .―Relation ship includes, ― (a)relationship by half or uterine blood as well as by full blood; (b)illegitimate blood relationship as well as legitimate; (c)relationship by adoption as well as by blood;
and all terms of relationship in this Act shall be construed ac cordingly.
Explanation II .―“Full blood ” and “half blood ”―two persons are said to be related to each other by
full blood when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife and by half blood when
they are descended from a common ancestor but by different wives.
Explanation III .―“Uterine blood ”―two persons are said to be related to each other by uterine blood
when they are descended from a common ancestress but by different husbands.
Explanation IV .―In Explanations II and III, “ancestor ” includes the father and “ancestress ” the
mother;
6* * * * * (d)“district ” in relation to a Marriage Officer, means the area for which he is appointed as such
under sub -section ( 1) or sub -section ( 2) of section 3;
7[(e) “district court ” means, in any are a 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