SHILLONG, Oct 25: An NGO has appealed to the Meghalaya State Commission for Women (MSCW) to impress upon the state government for ensuring that the Meghalaya Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act 2012 is implemented without delay.
In a letter to the MSCW chairperson, the Maitshaprang said that there is a need for urgent implementation of the Act so that problems arising out of unregistered marriages in Meghalaya can be addressed.
“…Ensure that the Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act 2012 is implemented without any further delay so that the vicious cycle of problems arising out of unregistered marriages in our State, not relating to abandonment only, but also problems like prostitution, underage marriages, unknown fathered children (children with no known Meikha) and multi-fathered children in the same family, apart from other issues, can be addressed to a great extent,” the NGO said.
It may be mentioned that the Meghalaya Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act 2012 was unanimously passed by the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly with the primary objective of addressing the increasing number of broken marriages, especially unregistered marriages in Meghalaya, where many women with children are abandoned by their respective husbands without any maintenance or child support in the absence of a law for compulsory registration of marriage.
