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    This bill aims to amend the Anand Marriage Act of 1909 to provide for mandatory registration of Anand Karaj marriages among Sikhs. It proposes inserting a new section that would require state governments to make rules establishing a marriage registration process for Sikh marriages. Registered marriages would be considered valid evidence and certified extracts could be provided to married parties. However, non-registration would not invalidate a marriage. The bill aims to give evidentiary value to Sikh marriages and ensure they are properly registered given recommendations and representations received.

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    This bill aims to amend the Anand Marriage Act of 1909 to provide for mandatory registration of Anand Karaj marriages among Sikhs. It proposes inserting a new section that would require state governments to make rules establishing a marriage registration process for Sikh marriages. Registered marriages would be considered valid evidence and certified extracts could be provided to married parties. However, non-registration would not invalidate a marriage. The bill aims to give evidentiary value to Sikh marriages and ensure they are properly registered given recommendations and representations received.

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    This bill aims to amend the Anand Marriage Act of 1909 to provide for mandatory registration of Anand Karaj marriages among Sikhs. It proposes inserting a new section that would require state governments to make rules establishing a marriage registration process for Sikh marriages. Registered marriages would be considered valid evidence and certified extracts could be provided to married parties. However, non-registration would not invalidate a marriage. The bill aims to give evidentiary value to Sikh marriages and ensure they are properly registered given recommendations and representations received.

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    AS INTRODUCED IN THE RAJYA SABHA

    Bill No. XXIII of 2012

    THE ANAND MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2012


    A

    BILL
    further to amend the Anand Marriage Act, 1909.
    BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as
    follows: —
    1. (1) This Act may be called the Anand Marriage (Amendment) Act, 2012. Short title
    and com-
    (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification mencement.
    5 in the Official Gazette, appoint.
    7 of 1909. 2. In section 2 of the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Amendment
    Act), after the words "the Sikh Marriage ceremony called Anand", the words "(commonly of section 2.
    known as Anand Karaj)" shall be inserted.
    3. After section 5 of the Principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— Insertion of
    new section 6.

    10 “6. (1) For the purposes of facilitation of proof of marriage ceremony (commonly Registration
    known as Anand Karaj) customary among the Sikhs the State Government shall, without of marriages.

    25 of 1955. prejudice to anything contained in the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 or any other law for
    the time being in force, make rules providing that the parties to any such marriage
    [whether solemnized before or after the commencement of the Anand Marriage

    S3 \F\BILL 2012\RS/721RS
    2
    (Amendment) Act, 2012], may have the particulars relating to their marriage entered, in
    such manner and subject to such conditions as may be provided in the said rules, in a
    Marriage Register kept by such officer of the State Government or of a local authority
    authorised by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, in this
    behalf. 5
    (2) The Marriage Register shall, at all reasonable times, be open for inspection,
    and shall be admissible as evidence of the statements contained therein and certified
    extracts therefrom shall, on an application, be given by the Registrar to the parties to
    the marriage on payment of such fees as may be provided in the rules.
    (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the validity of any 10
    Anand Marriage solemnized shall in no way be affected by the omission to make an
    entry in the Marriage Register.
    (4) Every rule made by the State Government under this section shall be laid
    before the State Legislature, as soon as may be, after they are made.
    (5) The parties to the marriage, whose marriage has been registered under this 15
    Act, shall not be required to get their marriage registered under the Registration of
    18 of 1969 Births, Marriages and Deaths Act, 1969 or any other law for the time being in force
    (including State Act.)”.
    STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

    The Anand Marriage Act, 1909 (7 of 1909) was enacted with the object to remove
    doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called ‘Anand’.
    This form of marriage is also known as ‘Anand Karaj’ and has long been practiced among the
    Sikhs. As there were good reasons to believe that doubts may be thrown upon such marriages
    and Sikhs may have to face great difficulties and incur heavy expenses on suits instituted in
    the civil courts, the said enactment was passed in order to validate such marriages.
    2. The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public
    Grievances, Law and Justice has proposed insertion of a clause in the Anand Marriage
    Act, 1909 to provide for registration of Sikh marriages in the year 2007. The Committee further
    informed that there was consensus on the said proposal of the Committee and requested the
    Legislative Department to take necessary steps in amending the Anand Marriage Act, 1909
    providing for registration of marriages solemnized under the Act.
    3. Further several representations have also been received seeking amendments in
    the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 to provide for compulsory registration of ‘Anand Karaj’
    marriages.
    4. In view of the recommendations of the Standing Committee and several
    representations received in this regard, it is proposed to provide for registration of
    ‘Anand Karaj’ marriages solemnized by Sikhs amending the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 to
    ensure evidentiary value thereof. Therefore, it is considered necessary to amend the Anand
    Marriage Act, 1909 to provide for registration of marriages.
    5. It is proposed to provide in the Bill that the parties to the marriage whose marriage
    has been registered under this Act shall not be required to get their marriage registered under
    the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (after the enactment of proposed amendments)
    or any other law for the time being in force.
    6. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects.

    NEW DELHI;
    The 26th April, 2012.
    SALMAN KHURSHID

    3
    ANNEXURE
    EXTRACT FROM THE ANAND MARRIAGE ACT, 1909
    (7OF 1909)
    * * * * *
    Validity of 2. All marriages which may be or may have been duly solemnized according to the Sikh
    Anand marriage ceremony called Anand shall be, and shall be deemed to have been with effect from
    marriages.
    the date of the solemnization of each respectively, good and valid in law.
    * * * * *

    4
    RAJYA SABHA

    ————

    BILL
    further to amend the Anand Marriage Act, 1909.

    ————

    (Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law and Justice.)

    GMGIPMRND—721RS (S3)—03.05.2012.

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