Present law can help women in NRI marriages |
There is a a law enacted in 1969 that offers a ray of hope for distressed women facing harassment in NRI marriages. The Rajya Sabha Committee of Petitions was told by the Law Ministry that the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 has provisions to help women married to NRIs facing problems abroad. In most of the cases , the husband is already married and marries again in India. In certain cases, the husband marries another woman abroad and abandons his first wife. Abuse for dowry is another problem Indian women face after marrying NRIs. The committee had met to hear top officials of the Home Ministry and the Law Ministry on a petition "praying for solution of the problems arising out of marriage of Indian women with Non-Resident Indians. The law was enacted "to make provision relating to marriages of citizens of India outside India.One of the key clauses is Section 14 which states that whenever a marriage is solemnized under the law, the marriage officer will have to certify it in the Marriage Certificate Book which will be signed by the parties to the marriage and three witnesses. The certificate will be "deemed to be the conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized, and that all formalities respecting the residence of the party concurred previous to the marriage and the signature of witnesses have been complied with.
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