The Anand Marriage Act 2012 passed and now a full fledged legislation.
The Anand Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 was introduced and now is passed and declared to be a full fledged Act in operation being published in the Gazette.However there being no divorce clause startes a fresh set off debates among the preachers of this law.
So now onwards Hindu law will not be forced upon sikhs and they will further be recognized as other than hindus having their own personal laws in operation.But having so far only one legislation related to marriage is also confusing and what it will facilitate only marriage issues and registration and no dissolution of marriage so it can not be said as a complete code of law , so far as other issues related sikhs still will be dependant on Hindu codes.
According to the amendment bill, couples whose marriages have been registered under this Act, will not be required to get their marriage registered under the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths Act, 1969 or any other law for the time being in force.
Sikh groups have maintained that members of the community face problems abroad as their certificates are issued under the Hindu Marriage Act. Besides Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists are issued certificates under the Hindu laws.
Although the Anand Marriage law was enacted in 1909, there was no provision for registration of marriages which were were registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
The Anand Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 was introduced and now is passed and declared to be a full fledged Act in operation being published in the Gazette.However there being no divorce clause startes a fresh set off debates among the preachers of this law.
So now onwards Hindu law will not be forced upon sikhs and they will further be recognized as other than hindus having their own personal laws in operation.But having so far only one legislation related to marriage is also confusing and what it will facilitate only marriage issues and registration and no dissolution of marriage so it can not be said as a complete code of law , so far as other issues related sikhs still will be dependant on Hindu codes.
According to the amendment bill, couples whose marriages have been registered under this Act, will not be required to get their marriage registered under the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths Act, 1969 or any other law for the time being in force.
Sikh groups have maintained that members of the community face problems abroad as their certificates are issued under the Hindu Marriage Act. Besides Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists are issued certificates under the Hindu laws.
Although the Anand Marriage law was enacted in 1909, there was no provision for registration of marriages which were were registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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