This notification introduces an amendment to the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, specifically concerning bigamous marriages. The updated rules, known as the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Amendment Rules, 1968, clarify that no government servant is permitted to enter into or contract a marriage with a person who already has a living spouse, or to marry if they themselves have a living spouse. However, exceptions can be made by the Central Government if the marriage is permissible under the personal laws of the individuals involved and if there are other valid grounds for such a marriage. The amendment was made by the President in exercise of powers conferred by the Constitution and in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, affecting personnel in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.
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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. E. B. 1938
NOTIFICATION
- 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:- -
(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.
- 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.”
(1968-1969)
(P.3. 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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