Guwahati: As part of implementing the Uniform Civil Code Bill. the Assam government has set up a committee to draft rules, officials said. An eight-member panel will submit the draft rules within a month, the notification issued by the Political Department.
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On May 27, the Assam Assembly passed ‘The Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 Bill’. The bill seeks to establish a uniform legal framework to govern marriage, divorce, succession and live-in relationships regardless of religious differences.
Home and Political Department Additional Chief Secretary Ajay Tewari said that the bill has been handed over to the Union Government, in the order dated October 13, which was made available to the media on Thursday.
As PTI reports, Home and Political Department Secretary Deba Prasad Misra will be appointed as the chairman of the rule drafting committee. Finance Special Commissioner and Secretary Partha Pratim Majumdar, Legislative Secretary Geetanjali D Saikia, Welfare of Minorities and Development Secretary Farida Samsul, and Home and Political Additional Secretary Mridul Kr Das are the panel members.
Assam became the third state to pass a Uniform Civil Code Bill in May, becoming the third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat.
The state is carrying out the bill seeking a ban on polygamy and making registration compulsory for live-in relationships.
The bill doesn’t apply to anyone belonging to the Scheduled Tribes categories residing in Assam. The bill also brings in severe disciplinary actions including seven years of imprisonment for bigamy or polygamy, and those not registering a live-in relationship will be confined for three months.
(With agency inputs from PTI)
