Registering marriage must for NRIs: Bill

New Delhi: Non-Resident Indians who marry an Indian citizen or a fellow NRI abroad have to compulsorily register their marriages within 30 days or face the prospects of their passports being impounded or even revoked, according to a Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019 also allows courts to attach movable and immovable properties of NRIs who are declared “proclaimed offenders” for failing to appear before law.

The draft law also allows courts to send summonses and warrants to the accused through a specially designated website to be hosted by the ministry of external affairs.

The Bill was introduced by Ms Sushma Swaraj.