Nepal Marriage Bill 2011 B S
Nepal Marriage Bill 2011 B S
Nepal Marriage Bill 2011 B S
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(2) This Act shall come into force from the date it is passed.
(2) "Child - marriage" means a marriage of a girl who is below the age
of Eighteen years and marriage of a boy who is below the age of
Twenty One years.
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(a) If the widow has not crossed the age of Thirty Five years and
she dose not have any children.
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(b) If the widower has not crossed the age of Forty Five years
and he does not have any children.
(4) The groom should not be less than Twenty-one years of age and the
bride should not be less than Eighteen years of age.
(5) Both the groom and bride should not be sapind and sagotri. The
issue of generations marriage to which shall not be concluded in the
sapind and sagotri shall be decided in accordance with their
customary practice.
6. Age-limit for the marriage: A woman shall not enter into marriage
when she crosses the age of Forty Five years and a man shall not do the
same when he crosses the age of Fifty years. One who violates this
provision shall be liable for a fine upto One Hundred Rupees on the
discretion of the judge.
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(i) If one of the spouse leaves the other party since Two years,
(ii) If any of the spouse commits cruel behaviour against the other party
and it may raise security issue of any or both the parties,
(v) If the husband keeps second wife or wife keeps second husband or
engages oneself in prostitution.
(1) If a husband has kept second wife or a wife has kept second
husband.
(3) If one of the spouse is suffering from leprosy and there seems no
possibility of cure upto Three years.
9. Property right of the couple: (1) After marriage, both the husband and
wife shall have equal right on the property and none of them shall be
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(2) Both the son and daughter shall have equal right on the parental
property. If, no son is there, the daughter shall have exclusive right on the
parental property, in case no heir (successor) of the son exists.
(3) A son living with the parents shall be entitled to the property of
the parents which they received as partition-share property.
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