section I
Schedule I
The Mizo Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance of Property Act, 2014(Sec. 5 of the Act) SETTLEMENT OF MARRIAGE PRICE Name of bridegroom : Mr _______________________________s/o______________________ Age _____ Religion____________________ Tribe/Community _____________________________ Village _____________________________PO & PS___________________________ District ___________________________ State ______________________________ Name of bride : Miss _____________________________d/o________________________ Age ____ Religion____________________ Tribe/Community_____________________________ Village _____________________________PO & PS___________________________ District ___________________________ State _______________________________ Main marriage price given : ^ ____________ (Rupees ______________________________________________________________) ~hutphah ^ 20/- (Rupees twenty).~hutphah is returned through palai. Date & Time of settlement : ________________________ Place: ________________________ City/Town/Street: ________________________ This document is duly executed on this _____th day of __________ 20___ at _________am/ pm in the house of ____________, and in witness whereof we put our signatures below : (Mr/Mrs _________________) Marriage price receiver Names of Palai / Witness : 1.(Mr/Mrs __________________ )2.(Mr/Mrs ____________________) • 11 -Ex-570/2014 Schedule II (Sec. 5 of the Act) MAN ~ANG (SUBSIDIARY MARRIAGE PRICE) 1.Sum hmahruai:normally^ 60/- 2.Sumfang:normally^ 50/- 3.Pusum:normally^ 40/- 4.Palal:normally^ 30/- 5.Niar:normally^ 20- 6.Naupuakpuan:normally^ 20/- 7.Nu man:normally^ 20/- Explanations : 1. Sum hmahruai: A share taken by the father/receiver of marriage price or given to his/her brother or son who has separate establishment. 2. Sumfang: A share given by the father/receiver of marriage price to his/her brother or to his/ her son who has separate establishment. 3.Pusum: A share given to the maternal grandfather of the bride i.e. mother’s father. If he is not alive, bride’s mother’s brother will get. 4.Palal:A share given to a person the bride has chosen to be her new found father of the locality where she get married and who in turn looks after her as his daughter. 5.Niar: A share given to the sister of the bride’s father. In the absence of such aunt, a relative woman who can take such a place or relationship may get the share. 6.Naupuakpuan: A share given to the elder sister of the bride as a reward for her taking care of and for being a sister of the bride when she was a baby. In the absence of such a sister, another woman who can take such a place or relationship may get the share. 7.The father of the bride or receiver of the marriage price may not necessarily sharesum hmahruai andsumfang to any body. 8.Nu man is paid to the mother, who gave birth to the bride. It arises only when the father and mother of the bride are not married or divorced. Secretary, Law & Judicial Deptt., Govt. of Mizoram.
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