Database for Registration of Marriages

The Government of India through Ministry of External Affairs has introduced a bill titled “The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019” in Rajya Sabha on February 11, 2019.

The Bill envisages (i) Registration of Marriages by Non-Resident Indians; (ii) Amendment of the Passports Act, 1967; and (iii) Amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Compulsory registration of marriage with NRI, within thirty days of marriage in India or abroad, would help create a database of the NRI marriages for better enforcement of rights under various family laws and would help to protect the various rights of the deserted spouse within a marriage.

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.