Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Act, 2021
No: 4 Dated: Feb, 25 2021
THE RAJASTHAN COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021
A Bill to amend the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 2, Rajasthan Act No. 16 of 2009.- For the existing clause (f) of the section 2 of the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009 (Act No. 16 of 2009), hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(f) “District Marriage Registration Officer, Additional District Marriage Registration Officer and Block Marriage Registration Officer” mean the District Marriage Registration Officer, Additional District Marriage Registration Officer and Block Marriage Registration Officer respectively appointed under section 5;”.
3. Amendment of section 5, Rajasthan Act No. 16 of 2009.- For the existing section 5 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“5. Appointment of District Marriage Registration Officer and other officers.- The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, either by name or by virtue of office, District Marriage Registration Officer and Additional District Marriage Registration Officer for the district concerned and Block Marriage Registration Officer for the block concerned to monitor and review the work of registration of marriages in their respective jurisdiction.”.