Updated: Tuesday April 26, 2016/AthThulatha
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[1]The
(Act XXIX of 2016)
[20 April 2016]
An Act to
regulate marriage functions and other related ceremonies.
It is expedient to provide for regulation
of marriage functions and other related ceremonies and to make incidental
provisions.
Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of
the
1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the
Punjab Marriage Functions Act, 2016.
(2) It extends to whole of the
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In
this Act:---
(a) “committee” means a committee
constituted under the Act;
(b) “Government” means Government of
the
(c) “marriage” includes a ceremony, preceding
and succeeding the formal wedding, whether religious or social rituals such
as mayun, mehndi
(rasm-e-hina), barat, nikah, rukhsati or walima;
(d) “one dish” means one salan, one
rice dish, one salad, hot and cold drinks, roti, nan and one sweet dish;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules
made under the Act; and
(f) “public place” means a club, hotel,
restaurant, wedding hall, community center, community park, an open space or
any private property hired for a marriage.
3. Prohibition of ostentatious celebrations.– A person celebrating his marriage or
organizing the marriage of any other person shall not:---
(a) decorate or cause to be
decorated any street, road or public park or any place other than the building,
where marriage ceremony is being held, with lights or illumination;
(b) explode or allow anyone to
explode cracker or other explosive device including firing by firearms;
(c) display or allow anyone to
display fireworks;
(d) display or allow any person to
display dowry to the public eye; and
(e) cause or allow any
person to cause nuisance or disturbance to the neighbourhood beyond
reasonable celebrations.
4. Restriction on edibles.– A
person celebrating his marriage or organizing the marriage of any other person
at a public place shall not serve or allow anyone to serve meals or other
edibles except one dish to the persons participating in the marriage.
5. Obligation of hotels, restaurants, etc.– A person owning, managing or running a public
place, being the site of marriage, or a caterer shall not serve or allow anyone
to serve meals or other edibles to the persons participating in the marriage
except as provided in section 4 of the Act.
6. Closing of marriage functions.– A person owning, managing or running a public place, being the
site of a marriage, shall ensure conclusion of all ceremonies relating to the
marriage on or before 10:00 pm.
7. Committees.– (1) The
Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, constitute one or more
committees for the enforcement of the provisions of the Act.
(2) The committee constituted under
subsection (1) shall perform such functions in such manner as may be
prescribed.
8. Offence.– If a
person contravenes the provisions of sections 3, 4, 5 or 6, he shall be guilty
of an offence punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend
to one month and fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees or
more than two million rupees.
9. Cognizance of offence.– (1)
Subject to this section, an offence under this Act shall
be bailable and cognizable on a complaint by an officer notified by
the Government.
(2) A magistrate of the first class shall
summarily try an offence under this Act in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter XXII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) on the report
of the officer notified by the Government.
(3) The Police shall associate the officer
notified by the Government while entering a public place where marriage is being
held for taking cognizance of an offence under this Act on a complaint of the
notified officer.
10. Disposal of food and other edibles.– The food and other edibles procured, prepared,
arranged or set for serving to the extent of contravention of
this Act shall be forfeited and disposed of in such manner as may be
prescribed.
11. Rules.– The
Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of
this Act.
12. Repeal.– The
Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses)
Ordinance 2000 (II of 2000), in its application to the Province of the
[1] This Act was
passed by the Punjab Assembly on 14 April 2016; assented to by the Governor of
the
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