Assam Assembly Passes Bill for Mandatory Muslim Marriage Registration

The Assam Assembly on Thursday passed a bill for compulsory government registration of marriage and divorce of Muslim people and repealed the Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules of 1935 in the state, which allowed underage marriages under specific conditions.

The Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and



Divorces Bill, 2024 was introduced by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan on Tuesday.

While replying to debate on the bill, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that all earlier registrations of marriages conducted by Kazis will remain valid and only new ones will come under the purview of the legislation.