In a step in the direction of prohibiting youngster marriage within the state, Assam Cabinet on Friday repealed the ‘Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935.
In a step in the direction of prohibiting youngster marriage within the state, Assam Cabinet on Friday repealed the ‘Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma posted on X and mentioned that this transfer marks one other important step in the direction of prohibiting youngster marriages in Assam.
“On February 23, the Assam cabinet made a significant decision to repeal the age-old Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act. This act contained provisions allowing marriage registration even if the bride and groom had not reached the legal ages of 18 and 21, as required by law. This move marks another significant step towards prohibiting child marriages in Assam,” Assam CM mentioned.
The state authorities talked about after repealing the regulation, “District Commissioners and District Registrars will be authorised to take custody of registration records currently in the custody of 94 Muslim Marriage Registrars on repeal of the legislation under overall supervision, guidance and control of the Inspector General of Registration.”
One-time compensation of Rs 2 lakh will probably be supplied to Muslim Marriage Registrars for his or her rehabilitation after the Act is repealed.
Further, itemizing the explanation behind repealing the regulation, the Assam Government mentioned that it’s an out of date pre-Independence Act of the British for the then Province of Assam.
“Registration of marriages and divorces is not mandatory as per the Act and the machinery of registration is informal, leaving a lot of scope for non-compliance of extant norms. As per provisions of the Act, there remains scope for registering marriages of intended persons below 21 years (for males) and 18 years (for females) and there is hardly any monitoring for implementation of the Act,” state authorities mentioned.
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