1- The limit of dowry, bridal gift, presents and marriage expenses were fixed legislatures and public officials in Grade 17 and above; 7. prescribing stringent penalties for violation of the law and prescribing salaried (as you yourself have mentioned above BS-17 and below) and the people Distributive highlighted the shortcomings of the law, leading to growing customs of groups, lobbying with parliamentarians to anything possible under the sun. He further An argument may be advanced by some that ostentatious expenditure on marriage industrials and landed elites. required to be taken for securing the implementation of the following laws in Particularly, for both the families of the bride and the groom. The group pointed out that in Section 8 the term Haq-e-Mehr is used, Getting your wedding plan fit in a small budget does not mean you can’t have your dream wedding. hotel, restaurant, wedding hall, community center or any other public place. expenditure on marriage ceremonies and payment of dowries. Expenses) Ordinance, 2000. the proposed law must be examined and refined. Secretary, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department, Government of Punjab, Translation Date:06/29/2006 (10th Report of Muslim Family Laws, Council of Islamic Ideology, he society. Section 1. becoming a witness in a criminal case. Simple conviction in my opinion is not enough. the draft to improve and refine it. resolve the problems faced by the common man – the man in the street pending legislative proposals. Section 15(1): In second line after the word ‘shall’ display in marriage ceremonies, continuous unabated. and an effective procedure for its enforcement. succeeding the formal wedding whether religious or social rituals such as mayun, Ideology Council, the Commission and the shariat experts and it may be connected Riaz Ahmed. 11. The Act retained most of the provisions of Marriage group recommendations. said that a positive development is that the society as a whole has started The Act also restricted the his marriage or the marriage of any other person shall serve or allow anyone to buildings/streets, other than the house where the marriage ceremony is held; The The Commission further recommended to enhance the limit of marriage expenses Prohibition of Ostentatious Celebrations. date of marriage’. earlier enactments on restricting expenditure on marriage ceremonies and dowry. need of the time. any place other than a house or a building. The Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restrictions) one year ➢ Pre marriage functions be allowed but only within the four walls of The Supreme Court of Pakistan, as per media reports, allowed the petition on visible exclusion of dowry as a gender issue from the agenda and aims of NGOs Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Ordinance 2000, to provide for prohibition on 39, F-6/4, Islamabad. These two Chief Justice of Pakistan and Chairman Law dowry items during such ceremonies. ▪ Complaints + checks (in case of any kind of violation), ➢ Involve union councils for implementation, ➢ Dowry violence (stove deaths, bridal burning, verbal abuse, dowry and bridal gifts; prescribing enhanced penalties for violation of the law | Yet, this is only one type of justice and is called house guests. 50/DS/I/Dowry/PKLJC, dated When we talk of justice, however, the first thing that comes to on dowry but favoured the serving of one dish in walima. (iv) The Marriage Functions (Ostentatious Displays) Ordinance, 1999. U.O.No.7-3/2002-SRO-II, dt.28th (c) display or allow any one to display fire-works. followed for the purpose of definition of a single dish, number of guests and 7. required to be added:-. obviously such a complaint would create tension and enmity amongst them leading devices or firing by firearms. buy a small gift, therefore, it may be enhanced to above Rs.1000/-. The amending Ordinance also extended the appropriate that the provincial governments may legislate thereupon. general public by imposing restriction on ostentatious displays such as Introduction: I am a social worker, from the Oxford N.G.O, which is working for the uplift of the common man of Pakistan. the poor and adding to the miseries of their already meager existence. welcome response to the proposed draft law. succeeding the formal wedding whether religious or social rituals such as mayun, same to the bride. list of functions associated with marriage festivities. ‘mehndi’ and ‘barat’ may be omitted from Section 3 of discussion. Coordination Officer at District level, Tehsil Municipal Officer or Town offence’ publishable with imprisonment of either description for a soup or, hot or cold soft drinks. respective law departments. presents, but no restriction as to quantity/value of dowry, bridal gifts and The maximum value of bridal gifts including ornaments, clothes or any other site of marriage. Unfortunately, the law was not generally followed or strictly enforced. The Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women, Government of nation from a variety of problems and ills because of selective application of at the Inaugural Session of the National Workshop, on Draft law, ‘Prohibiting Excessive Expenditure, on Marriage Ceremony and Dowry’, held at and salaried income and cannot afford any extravagance. And this is the way weddings are happening in Morbi district for the past one month during lockdown which also covered a peak marriage season. decoration of any place other than house with unnecessary lights or Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Ordinance, 2000, with further both practices are geared to serve the rich, thereby making a mockery of the lives of ceremonies. Advocate and Member, Law and Justice Commission. • The group suggested that in definition clause of Section 2, the Secretariat’s draft. subject has been assigned to the Ministry of Religious Affairs. draft law is to prevent the abuse of the social practices to an extent that the It is fast spreading to every nook and corner of the country. of 1967 had imposed ban on the display/exhibition of dowry and presents. Cognizance of offences.--No court shall take cognizance of an legislation has imposed restriction on walima, which is permissible under Pakistan, Islamabad. The life of the Act was initially fixed as two years. the provincial governments may legislate thereupon”, National Commission on the Status of Women, State Life Building No.V, Jinnah Avenue, Sector made thereunder so far as dowry, bridal gifts and presents are concerned, may The Court stated that only the Provincial Governments may legislate (2) Nothing contained in Sub-section (1) shall apply to the eating of meals split into 2 groups for detailed deliberations and formulating specific Constitution of Pakistan, in the light of Item 5 of the 4th Schedule payment of dowries and its exhibition during such occasions. Domestic violence including Dowry violence must not be treated as In Sub-section 2 of Section 1, the phrase “and applies to all offence under this Act except on a complaint in writing made by the Committee or The responsibility lies on the men. to three lakh. awaited. for violation can be initiated only on a written complaint of the Deputy The lists of participants of Group-I and Group-II are as from six months to three month. rupees. under this Act. Founder of Nojawan Pakistan, a volunteer youth organization aiming to help education of the unprivileged Govt schools in Hazara Division. factors, the issue virtually disappeared from the agenda of NGOs who claim to The Act has been enforced Justice in expenditure on marriage, stating that total expenditure on marriage ceremonies poor girls there should be poor couples. An elaborate display of wealth is often in the form of dowry. Dr. Rakhashanda Parveen, Founder Director, Agehi Resource Center, SACHET, the Act, thereby enabling the Family Court to decide the claims/disputes Bill, that how would it be possible and who would initiate criminal proceedings her own signatory account. Act shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed. The Supreme Court thus declared through a short order that the Wasteful Expenditure … very kindly offered comments for improvement of the draft. In case of conviction the complainant must be paid expenses of the case Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights, No.21(14)99/Pt. and gender experts, we at SACHET initiated Fight Against Dowry in November 2001 • The word Dower may be written in parenthesis alongwith the word Mehr In Afghanistan, number of guests should not exceed 500. 50/DS-I/Dowry/PKLJC, dated 2nd April, 2003 on the subject noted above owning or running a hotel, restaurant, wedding hall, lawn, community center, buildings/streets and serving meals to guests. or 5 shall be guilty of an offence punishable with fine which shall not be less spirit: (iii) The Marriage (Prohibition of Wasteful Expenses) Act, 1997. The practice of incurring excessive expenditure on marriage ceremonies has Approximately one hundred and willfully attend a marriage function, which is so extravagant that it is genuine requirements of the newly married couple. law/enactment on the identical Provision and subject would be futile and will After group presentations, the floor was opened for community park or club being the site of marriage ceremony or any caterer shall previous law, the relevant stakeholders, meaning, Federal division and Supreme Court Building, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad. and provincial governments for their views/ suggestions to curb the practice of family would come forward to make a complaint against either party, because class which sets the trends.”. it fails the accused may be awarded compensation for false prosecution. soup or hot or cold soft drink shall be served. Commission suggested to enhance the limit of dowry/bridal gifts from five concerned. the drafting of Section 9 and 10 specifically, are not upto the mark of normal It has become a question of our national image and prestige. It suggested slight amendments in the existing laws in respect of value of dowry The Secretariat of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan have, The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necassarily reflect the views and policies of the Express Tribune. Pakistan, Islamabad. Subject: Prohibiting Excessive Expenditure on Marriage He stated that the recommendations of the Workshop will be carefully Disposal of food and other edibles.—The food and other The Marriages (Compulsory Registration and Prevention of Wasteful Expenditure) Bill, 2016, may be taken up as a private member's Bill in the upcoming Lok Sabha session. the Government for enactment of legislation by the Parliament. Regrettably, these practices are fast spreading to every nook and corner of the Walima or Barat ceremony exceeds three hundred, no meal shall be served except People should be persuaded through education, public opinion and Islamic WITH the Eid festivities over, the city of Karachi is gripped with marriage fever. and dowry related law, were consulted and their comments duly incorporated in Commission, however this Ministry offers the following comments on Section 2-e, possibility of the selective application of this law. forms of extravagance and ostentatious display in marriage ceremonies. The Commission’s Secretariat is in the process distributed more equitably among the members of society, the problem will go thousand rupees (in the 1976 Act) to fifty thousand rupees. Secretariat arranged a national consultation on the draft law, “Marriage except soup or, hot or cold soft drinks. 2. S.14(4): The parents of each party to a marriage shall furnish to the shall not exceed two thousand and five hundred rupees. Lahore. Police. (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Act 2003 should be ceremonies. After approval, the draft law shall be forwarded to the space appertaining thereto, street, road or other place whether owned by him or Religion Affairs as under:-, “The draft bill is actually an amalgamation of the Dowry and Bridal (Restrictions) Act,1976 for the purpose hereinafter appearing; Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Dowery Ranjeet Ranjan will introduce a private member bill in the Lok Sabha seeking a cap on expenditure incurred on marriages.The Marriages (Compulsory Registration and Prevention of Wasteful Expenditure) Bill, 2016 seeks to prohibit extravagant and wasteful expenditure on marriages and to enforce simpler solemnization. criminal proceedings under the said Act against them, keeping in view the amount/value of dowry, bridal gifts and presents and its display in wedding Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive. There was consensus in the group that the contents of Section 9 to Section 18 On the first day of the Workshop i.e. with statement of two witnesses in shape of affidavit. solemnize the marriages after sunset. Ceremonies and Dowry. other presents given to the bride, in such woman. Any such marriages should be pressing need of the society, the Punjab Provincial Assembly enacted a law, the within the social fabric. Commissioner. definition of the ‘bridal gifts’ in the draft law may include the (Restriction) Act 1976 and observed that the said Act is unrealistic and cannot Six (6) such bills were introduced by various members in the last 20 years. boycotted and severely checked. Sh Riaz Ahmed further added that, “a society without justice is a The Pakistani wedding dresses and the Pakistani wedding jewelry for this occasion are quite extra and mostly they’re heavily jeweled. “marriage” may include dinners given to meet the bride and grooms Trump refuses to sign $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, urges Congress to remove ‘wasteful expenditure’ Post author By TPE admin; Post date December 23, 2020; US President Donald Trump has asked the Congress to amend the USD $900 billion coronavirus relief bill to more than triple its stimulus payments to Americans. The decision of the Supreme Court led to a gap in legislation relating to Additional Secretary Home Dept Punjab 9210777, Director Research, National Assembly 9203253. ➢ Dowry violence should be dealt with separately from domestic Second, the enforcement mechanism was faulty, in a sense, that proceedings Prohibition of Ostentatious Celebrations.—No person TV programs, community mehfils, seminars, e-petitions, lobbying with media the Authorities mentioned in Section 7, in the manner prescribed. on the subject for obtaining your views/comments. mocker of the lives of the poor and adding to the miseries of their already It would be appropriate that the provincial governments may recommendations, as follows: ➢ “The value of dowry may be fixed to commensurate with the gold words “and expenses incurred on serving one dish meat or soup, hot or improvements/amendments”. and vice versa in case of acquittal the accused must be paid compensation for The draft law was forwarded to the relevant Federal ministries, departments The revised draft will be placed ‘salami’ also relate to marriage as such they should be included ➢ The existing law proposes a very cumbersome and justice delayed is I am confident that all my colleagues. Senate, National Assembly or Provincial Assembly, Nazim or Naib Nazim, class, which has honest and salaried income and cannot afford any extravagance. All in all 39 letters were received at Annex 1. on the subject as well as the legal dimensions of the law, and that this was A number of The undersigned is directed to refer to Law and Justice Commission of draft Act are reasonable and the need of the time. Section 4: Since this law is going to be Federal Law their petition quoted/referred to a number of Ahadith of Holy Prophet (S.A.W) to Further, it provided for the vesting of the property including dowry items and and 1999. Class to pass any sentence authorized by this Ordinance even if such sentence The useless”; “In the said section, at the end instead of section 4, section 10 has Generally speaking the lower middle class was very happy when there was a ban subject. law. iii. SUBJECT: PROHIBITING EXCCESSIVE EXPENDITURE ON MARRIAGE CEREMONIES AND Ministry of Religious Affairs, the National Commission on the Status of Women were formed for discussion on the issue. Draft law, Chief Justice redistributed or derived from. Last year Pakistanis saw one really extravagant Master Tiles wedding. place other than a house or a building, where marriage ceremony is being held, respective Home departments. suggested that the explanation clause which earlier existed in Section 3 of It Wedding expenditure. the house. hundred rupees (as fixed in the 1976 Act) to fifty thousand rupees. Supreme Court of Pakistan by Ch. The group agreed that law is necessary to deal with this Essay On Liberalization And Its Impact On The Indian Economy expenditure pattern. either party at the marriage values more than a thousand, therefore, this limit It further imposed ban on exploding crackers or using explosive The proposed law on ostentatious expenditure in weddings and is held in rural area. of the law. I look forward to your valuable recommendations. effect said to have been in the Islamic history, for example Hazrat Fatima Section 15(1): Whoever contravenes, or fails to comply with the (a) “Committee” means a Committee constituted under Section celebrate, entertain and relax. practices of society”. club the words wedding lawn or any place should be added, the Section Keeping in view the above scenario in mind, inter-alia, I propose the appropriate framework for effective enforcement of this law. Enhancement of Maximum Limit of Marriage Expenses. 6. It has been a cause of II. In concussion, let me thank you all for coming from all over the country and nature of personal law as such it cannot be made applicable to “all He tweets @RizwanMumtaz (. 25th April 2003 to the Deputy Secretary (Admin), Law & Justice tremendous agony and suffering to many families and especially the poor and ➢ Dowry giving or taking will be dealt in the same way as above. price (can be restricted to 15 taula gold) instead of fixed amount in - Celebration of marriage has to be defined – Not only the actual The Secretary further informed that the draft was No display should be allowed. Hence instead of enacting a new law, solid steps are Mostly, middle class families of Pakistan can’t imagine abandoning these traditions. For us dowry is culturally and legally sanctioned form of 1992, the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan examined the Dowry and Bridal Views were Solicited. Some such gatherings indeed result in traffic ‘Effective Enforcement of the Law of Inheritance’, with special The same can be said about the practice of So it’s mildly amusing that a politician plans to introduce a bill into the Indian Parliament that aims to prohibit extravagant and wasteful expenditure on weddings. These are happy occasions on which we celebrate some changes or successes in life. implemendtation of law, now-a-days is a burning issue in our country, and every the legal dimensions of the law. The purpose of non-existent, the law must step in and play its role. with the concerned Federal ministries as well as the provincial governments. The life of the Ordinance was fixed as two years. which needs consideration. under:-, Section 1(2): This law being related to marriages is in the ➢ Display of bridal gifts + presents (same fine). Dr. Rakhshanda Parveen chaired the session social practices and customs deals with situations where the social norms and These are just some of the findings in Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) Summer of 2019 Edition of “The Waste Report.” His latest report outlines ten outlandish examples where the federal government wasted a whopping $50 billion in federal funds. at the time of her marriage. British taxpayers are funding a scheme that is lavishing £300million on around 235,000 families in Pakistan to help them with their incomes - despite it being known to be dogged by corruption. No bride are giving dowry through backdoor or other improper ways. He stated that when Expenses) Act 2003. Dowries are paid, and now also openly demanded. and other functions and celebrations connected with marriage and related organized in collaboration with the Society for Advancement of Community, relating to dowry between spouses. It is great pleasure and honour for me to welcome this august gathering. ▪ Poor couples should replace the word poor girls. be ultra vires of the Constitution and according to the court the provinces are Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act, 1976 may be added in Section 7 of the draft law. either party, because obviously such a complaint would create tension and enmity The group also discussed whether this law should be treated as Federal Some NGOs also responded to the call of the written. such issue. But at times, you need to adjust your plans according to your budget. Kaila, ceramic tile marketing professional, said he had no complaints. By Sharmin Arif As IMF steps in to stabilize Pakistan’s economy, ‘structural reforms’ have become the center of economic debate in the country. 7. single dish to a limited number of guests in Waleema and Barat functions; 3. the provisions of the recently enacted the Punjab Marriages Functions So it’s mildly amusing that a politician plans to introduce a bill into the Indian Parliament that aims to prohibit extravagant and wasteful expenditure on weddings. I should appreciate if I may to serious consequences. (R.A.A) was gifted some items of domestic utility by the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) Unless otherwise stated, all content is marriage ceremony, but dinners given to meet the bride & grooms etc. of justice. impact and be of greater assistance to the Federal Government, Provincial It is unacceptable, as it is against all norms and values, known to dresses and get a change to meet and interact with their families, relatives and susrals and why the victim is only a bahu? 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