Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Act, 2021

(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Act, 2021. (2) It shall come into force at once.

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;".

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.".

In section 8 of the principal Act,- (i) for the existing sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) The parties to the marriage, or in case the bridegroom has not completed the age of twenty one years and/or bride has not completed the age of eighteen years, the parents or, as the case may be, guardian of the parties shall be responsible to submit the memorandum, in such manner, as may be prescribed, within a period of thirty days from the date of solemnization of the marriage to the Registrar within whose jurisdiction the marriage is solemnized, or the parties to the marriage or either of them are residing for at least thirty days before the date of submission of the memorandum."; (ii) after sub-section (1) so amended and before the existing sub-section (2), the following new sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(1-A) If, at any time, death of either of the parties to the marriage or of both occurs, the surviving party, parents, adult child or, as the case may be, guardian of the parties may submit the memorandum, in such manner, as may be prescribed, to the Registrar within whose jurisdiction the marriage is solemnized, or the surviving party, parents, adult child or, as the case may be, guardian of the parties is residing for at least thirty days before the date of submission of the memorandum.".

In section 15 of the principal Act,- (i) in heading, after the existing expression "District Marriage Registration Officer" and before the existing punctuation marks ".-", the expression "and the other officers" shall be inserted; and (ii) for the existing expression "District Marriage Registration Officer which will be helpful for him", the expression "District Marriage Registration Officer and other officers appointed under section 5 which will be helpful for them" shall be substituted.