AIZAWL, Dec 17 � Mizoram Law Minister Lalsawta today said the newly-enacted Mizo Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance of Property Act, 2014 will soon be in force in the State and will be notified within a few days.
In a meeting held with the Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC), a conglomerate of leaders of 14 major churches in the State, Lalsawta said after this meeting, the issue of notification will be sped up. He said the Act automatically gave official recognition to all church priests who were earlier authorised to issue marriage licences as licensed officers.
Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP) or Mizo Women�s Federation and All Mizo Women Federation (AMWF) hailed the new legislation which they said would drastically decrease divorce rate and number of broken families.� PTI