Bill excludes Jammu and Kashmir from NRI marriage registration
This Bill mandates that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) register their marriages within 30 days of the ceremony, whether the marriage took place in India or abroad. It aims to protect spouses from fraudulent marriages and facilitate the enforcement of family law rights.
Non-Resident Indians (defined as Indian citizens residing outside India) who marry an Indian citizen or another NRI. It also affects passport authorities and courts regarding the enforcement of these registration requirements and service of legal documents.
- Mandatory registration of NRI marriages within 30 days of the date of marriage.
- Amendment to the Passport Act, 1967, allowing passport authorities to impound or revoke the passport of an NRI who fails to register their marriage within the specified period.
- Insertion of a new section (86A) in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, allowing courts to serve summons, warrants, and proclamations via a designated website of the Ministry of External Affairs.
- Provision for the attachment of movable or immovable property belonging to a proclaimed offender who fails to appear after such online service.
Written from the document by AI, and checked against it. The original below is authoritative.
Where this law is now — Introduced
The original document
Document details
| Official title | THE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE OF NON-RESIDENT INDIAN BILL, 2019 |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | XII |
| Status | active (bill) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |