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Repeal and savings Schedules NOTIFICATION * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS At Present all marriage need not be registered. Registration will provide proof of marriage and consequently will limit the scope for avoidable litigation. It is therefore proposed to provide for compulsory registration of all marriages. Dowry and wasteful pageantry have become pernicious incidents of marriages. Inspite of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (Central Legsilation), dowry is still playing havoc. Similary the pomp and pageantry, involving as they do lavish expenditure. It is necessary to provide for stringent measures to eliminate the said evils. Therefore, it is proposed to make dowry prohibition more rigorous and to tax marriage involving lavish expenditure. In order to achieve the aforesaid provisions are made in the Bill for— (1) compulsory registration of all marriages by a simple procedure of applying for registration by post; (2) expandign the scope of the expression dowry to include various froms of seeking it and penalising the demand and taking of dowry; (3) making contravention of dowry prohibition a cognizable offence; (4) placing in prosecutions for contravention the burden of proof on the accused; (5) imposing disability to hold certain public offices on the culprit; and (6) levying a luxury tax on a slab basis where the expenses of any marriage exceeds Rs. 5,000. The Bill incidentally makes provisions to encourage inter-caste marriages and restricts the serving of food in connection with a marriage. * * * KARNATAKA ACT NO. 2 OF 1984 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Twenty fifth day of February, 1984) THE KARNATAKA MARRIAGES (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1976 (Received the assent of the President on the Fifteenth day of July, 1983) An Act to provide for uniform law for registration of marriages and certain other matters in the State of Karnataka. Whereas it is expedient to provide for compulsory registration of marriages, to prohibit giving or taking of dowry, to provide for the levy of luxury tax on certain marriages and for certain other matters connected therewith; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Twenty- seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY