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Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....of the husband on the ground of non-receipt of dowry or insufficient dowry has already been given effect to by the Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983. This Act amended, inter alia, the Indian Penal Code to include therein a provision for punishment for cruelty to married women and was aimed at dealing directly with the problem of dowry suicides and dowry deaths. 3. The Joint Committee has recommended that the definition of "dowry" contained in section 2 of the 1961 Act should be modified by omitting the expression "as consideration for the marriage" used therein on the ground that it is well nigh impossible to prove that anything given were a consideration for the marriage for the obvious and simple reason that the giver i.e., the parents who are usually the victims would be reluctant and unwilling to set the law in motion. The omission of the words "as consideration for the marriage" would make the definition not only wide but also unworkable, for, if these words are omitted, anything given, whether before or after or at the time of marriage by any one, may amount to dowry. The Supreme Court has also placed a liberal construction on the word "dowry" as used in section 4.....

The Orissa Muhammedan Marriages & Divorces Registration Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1949

.....or religious rites and usages of any citizen of India. Section 27 - Repeal and savings (i) The Bengal Muhammedan Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1876 (Ben. Act I of 1876) is hereby repealed. (ii) All orders issued, appointments made, licences granted or anything done under the said Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force and be deemed to have been issued, made, granted or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act. Schedule - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE [See Sections 6 and 11] FORM 'A'-Book I Register of Marriages including marriage of women who have effected divorces of the kind known as Talaq-i-tafweez (as provided in Section 6 of the Act for the voluntary registration of Muhammedan marriages and divorces) 1. Consecutive No 2. Name of the bridegroom and that of his father, with their respective residences . 3. Name of the bride and that of her father, with their respective residences . 4. Whether the bride is a spinster, a widow or divorced by a former husband or has effected a divorce of the kind known as Talaq-i-tafweez and whether she is adult or otherwise 4-A. If the bride has effected a divorce of the kind known as.....

The Uttarakhand Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act, 2010 Complete Act

State: Uttarakhand

Year: 2010

.....the Government of Uttarakhand; (b) "Registrar General" means the Inspector-General of Registration appointed under section 3 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Act No. 16 of 1908); (c) "District Registrar" means the Registrar of the District appointed under Section 6 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Act No. 16 of 1908) and includes the Officer performing the duties of a Registrar under Sections 10 and 11 of that Act; (d) "Local Registrar" means a Local Registrar of marriages appointed by the State Government under this Act; (e) "Marriage" includes all the marriages contracted by persons belonging to any caste, tribe or religion, and the marriages contracted as per any custom, practices or traditions, and also includes re-marriages; (f) "To contract a marriage" means to solemnize or enter into a marriage in any form or manner, in accordance with any customs, practices or traditions in force; (g) "Memorandum" means a memorandum of marriage referred to in section 5 or 6; (h) "Priest" means any person who get the marriage performed in accordance with the custom of the community concerned; (i) "Register" means a register of marriages maintained under this Act; (j).....

Bengal Muhammadan Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1876 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1876

.....contained in the schedule to this Act. Book III.- Register of divorces of the kind known as khula, in the Form C contained in the schedule to this Act. 77. This paragraph ins. by Ben. Act 1 of 1935. [Book IV.- Register of divorces of the kind known as Talaq-i-tafweez in the Form D contained in the schedule to this Act. Section 7 Entries to be numbered All entries in each register prescribed by the last preceding section shall be numbered in a consecutive series, which shall commence and terminate with the year a fresh series being commenced at the beginning of each year. Section 8 Application, by whom to be made Every application for registration under this Act shall be made to the Muhammadan Registrar orally as follows:- if the application be for the registration of a marriage 88. Words ins. by Ben. Act 1 of 1935. [including the registration of a marriage of a woman who has effected a divorce of the kind known as Talaq-i-tafweez]- by the parties to the marriage jointly: provided that if the man, or the woman, or both, be minors, application shall be made on their behalf by their respective lawful guardians: and provided further that, if the woman be a parda-nashin, such.....

Haryana Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2008 Complete Act

State: Haryana

Year: 2008

..... The Chief Registrar, District Registrars, Additional District Registrars, Registrars and other officers and officials appointed under this Act, while acting or purporting, to act in pursuance or any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860). Section 18 - Indemnity No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall be instituted against any person for, anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act. Section 19 - Power to make rules (1) The 1[Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality or the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) the manner and interval at which the report of working of this Act is to be submitted under sub-section (4) of section 3; (b) the fee of the memorandum and the person who shall attest the same under sub-section (2) of section 7; (c) the period.....

Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized, and that all formalities respecting the residence of the party concerned previous to the marriage and the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. SECTION 15: VALIDITY OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES IN INDIA Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act a marriage solemnized in the manner provided in this Act shall be good and valid in law. SECTION 16: NEW NOTICE WHEN MARRIAGE NOT SOLEMNIZED WITHIN SIX MONTHS - Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within six months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required under section 5-or where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10-, or where an appeal has been preferred to the Central Government under section 11-, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government in such case or appeal, as the case may be, the notice and all other proceedings arising therefrom shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer.....

Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 Schedule II

Title: Second Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1969

THE SECOND SCHEDULE (See section 12) DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM I. A.B.. hereby declare as follows:-- 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be), 2. I have completed years of age. 3. I am not related to C.D. (the bride) within the degrees of prohibited relationship. 4. I am a citizen of .... 5. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. Sd. A.B. (the bridegroom) DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE I, C.D. hereby declare as follows:-- 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widow, or a divorcee, as the case may be). 2. I have completed ....... years of age. 3. I am not related to A.B. (the bridegroom) within the degrees of prohibited relationship. 4. I am a citizen of ........ 5. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. Sd. C.D. (the bride) Signed in our presence by the above named A.B. and C.D. So far as we are aware, there is no lawful impediment to the marriage. Sd. G.H. Sd. I.J. (Three witnesses.) Sd. K.L. (Countersigned) E.F. Marriage.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Schedule III

Title: The Third Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1954

THE THIRD SCHEDULE (See section 11) DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM I, A.B., hereby declare as follows:-- 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower or a divorcee, as the case may be). 2. I have completed .....years of age. 3. I am not related to C.D. (the bride) within the degrees of prohibited relationship. 4. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. (Sd.) A.B. the (Bridegroom) DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE I, C.D., hereby declare as follows:-- 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widow or a divorcee, as the case may be). 2. I have completed ....years of age. 3. I am not related to A.B. (the bridegroom) within the degree of prohibited relationship. 4. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. (Sd.) C.D. (the Bride) Signed in our presence by the above-named A.B. and C.D. So.....

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Section 3

Title: Penalty for Giving or Taking Dowry

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....such presents are entered in a list maintained in accordance with the rules made under this Act: Provided further that where such presents are made by or on behalf of (he bride or any person related to the bride, such presents arc of a customary nature and the value thereof is not excessive having regard to the financial status of the person by whom, or on whose behalf, such presents arc given.] ________________________ 1. Section 3 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 63 of 1984, Section 3 (w.e.f. 2-10-1985). 2. Substituted by Act 63 of 1984, Section 3, for certain words (w.e.f. 2-10-1985). 3. Substituted by Act 43 of 1986, Section 3, for certain words (w.e.f. 19-11-1986). 4. Substituted by Act 43 of 1986, Section 3, for "six months" (w.e.f. 19-11-1986). 5. Inserted by Act 63 of 1984, Section 3 (w.e.f. 2-10-1985).

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. SECTION 14: NEW NOTICE WHEN MARRIAGE NOT SOLEMNIZED WITHIN THREE MONTHS Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within three calendar months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required by section 5-, or where an appeal has been filed under sub-section (2) of section 8-, within three months from the date of the decision of the district court on such appeal or, where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10-, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government the notice and all other proceedings arising there from shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer shall solemnize the marriage until a new notice has been given in the manner laid down in this Act. CHAPTER 03 REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES CELEBRATED IN OTHER FORMS OBJECTS AND REASONS Section 15(e). Proviso.- "In the.....