The Draft Hindu Code Bill by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar along with the then existing Hindu Code as amended by the Select Committee - Page 213

198 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

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PART IX.—MISCELLANEOUS

138. Power to make rules. —(1) The State Government may make rules to carry out the objects of this Code.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may prescribe—

(i) the particulars relating to Dharmik marriages which may be entered in the Hindu Dharmik Marriage Register and the manner in which and the circumstances under which such entries shall be made;

(ii) the cases and areas in which particulars of Dharmik marriages shall be compulsorily entered, and the punishment for any contravention thereof;

(iii) the areas for which Marriage Registrars shall be appointed and their duties and functions;

(iv) the manner in which Hindu Dharmik Marriage Register and the Hindu Civil Marriage Notice Books shall be kept and the manner in which notices of marriages under section 12 shall be published:

(v) the manner in which notices of applications under section 21 shall be given:

(vi) the fees payable for the solemnization of any civil marriage or for any other duties to be performed by the Registrar of Marriages:

(vii) the fees payable for the inspection of and for certified copies of extracts from the Hindu Dharmik Marriage Register and the Hindu Civil Marriage Certificate Book:

(viii) the form in which and the intervals within which copies of entries in the Hindu Dharmik Marriage Register and the Hindu Civil Marriage Certificate Book shall be sent to the Registrar Genial of Births, Deaths and Marriages;

(ix) The person by whom, the form in which and the authority to which notice of any marriage under section 24A may he given ;

(x) the particulars to be specified in applications for the recording of adoptions;

(xi) the fees payable for recording adoptions;

(xii) the form in which the Register of Adoptions shall be maintained ; and

(xiii) the manner in which copies of entries in the Register of Adoptions may be certified.

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139. Amendments and repeals. —The enactments mentioned in the third column of the First Schedule shall be amended to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof, and the enactments mentioned in the third column of the Second Schedule shall be repealed to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof.