19 of 1937) is a legislation enacted by the British government in India during the pre-independence era to recognize inter marriages among Arya Samajis.

[1] Arya Samajis, who formed an appreciable number of Hindu Indians, believed that the Hindu caste system prevailing in British-ruled India was not in consonance with Hinduism's sacred Shastra and scriptures.

British rulers never tried to interfere with the customary marriage laws prevailing among different sects of the society.

In order to address such an issue the select committee proposed a legislation which was enacted in order to validate all such marriages and recognize the marriage between two Arya Samajis as valid.

[2] Section 2 of the act was meant to validate all such marriages between Arya Samajis and this is the only substantial provision of the act: Marriage between Arya Samajis not to be invalid:- Notwithstanding any provision of Hindu Law, usage or custom to the contrary no marriage contracted whether before or after the commencement of this Act between two persons being at the time of marriage Arya Samajis shall be invalid or shall be deemed ever to have been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties at any time belonged to different castes or different sub castes of Hindus or that either or both of the parties at any time before the marriage belonged to a religion other than Hinduism.