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The Nikah Registrar is the name of an office appointed by the
government,(popularly known as the Kazi) has the authority to register
marriages in Bangladesh.
Nikah Registrar, appointed by the government under the Muslim Marriages and
Divorces (Registration) Act, 1974, and rules framed there under, the Muslim
Marriages and Divorces (Rules), 1975. Each Kazi is appointed to a defined
locality where their job is registration of Muslim marriages and divorces
within the given area. According to a recent High Court decision, Nikah
Registrars are "public" servants ….. [Kazi Obaidul Haque vs. State 55 DLR
(1999) 25]
A Nikah Registrar, in effect, is an agent of the Government and the Nikah
Registrar’s license is also liable to be revoke, suspended, annulled
following the procedure provided under rule 8 thereof. The Government has
authority to curtail, extend or otherwise alter the limit of ant Nikah
Registrar within the permissible limit of area without any notice, even in
the case of permanent Nikah Registrar. ….. [Fazlur Rahman & 38 others vs.
Government of Bangladesh and others 53 DLR 237]
It authorises the Government to alter, extend, curtail or otherwise alter
the limits of any Union Parishad for which a Nikah Registrar has been
appointed by granting license. Likewise the government can also curtail the
jurisdiction of any Union Parishad and declare any part of it as an
“urban area” to be included in any Pourashava – Muslim Marriages and
Divorces (Registration) Rules, 1975, rule-10. ….. [Kazi Md. Amirul Islam
vs. Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and
others, 18 BLD (AD) 152]
See, the Muslim Marriages and Divorces (Registration) Act, 1974.
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