Central Civil Services (Conduct) Amendment Rules, 1968

Published in Gazette of India 28/29/1. 1968

No.25/17/68-Eds(A) Part II, Sec. 3 Sub Sec. (1)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

NOW DRIH! – 1, the 17 September, 1938
R.C. Bhavira, 1938

NOTIFICATION

1. In exercise of the powers conferred by
   the proviso to article 399 and clause (5) of article
   399 of the Constitution, and in consultation with
   the Controller and Auditor General of India in
   relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit
   and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes
   the following rules further to amend the Central
   Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, namely:-

2. (1) These rules may be called the Central
   Civil Services (Conduct) Amendment Rules, 1969.

(2) They shall come into force from the
date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.

1. In the Central Civil Services (Conduct)
   Rules, 1964, for rule 21, the following rules
   shall be substituted, namely:-

“21. Bigenous Marriages (1) No Government
servant shall enter into, or contract, a
marriage with a person having a spouse living;
and

(2) no Government servant, having a spouse
living, shall enter into, or contract, a
marriage with any person:

Provided that the Central Government may permit
a Government servant to enter into, or contract,
any such marriage as is referred to in clause (1)
or clause (2), if it is satisfied that –

(a) such marriage is permissible under
the personal law applicable to such Government
servant and the other party to the marriage;
and

(b) there are other grounds for so doing.”

JOHN

(P.S. Venkateswaran)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

No.25/17/68-Eds( A) New Delhi-1, the 17 September, 68

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   contes.

-2/2. The Cornmroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi with 200 spare copies with reference to his U.O. No. 155-ROB.131/ 155-67 dated 15th January, 1932.

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