Vol. 14, Part I · pages 231–235

DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES214 (169) FOURTH SCHEDULE (See section 12) NOTICE OF M ARRIAGE To ………………………….. a Registrar of Hindu Marriages under Part II of the Hindu Code for the ………………………….. District. We hereby give you notice that a civil marriage under Part II of the Hindu Code is intended to be solemnized between us within three calendar months from the date hereof. Names Condition Rank or profession Age Dwelling place Length of residence A B Unmarried Land owner ....... ....... ....... Widower Divorcee C D Spinster ....... ....... ....... ....... Widow Witness our hands, this ………………………. day of ………………., 19 (Signed) A B C D

DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 215 THIRD SCHEDULE (See section 12) NOTICE OF M ARRIAGE To ……………………………. a Registrar of Hindu Marriages under Part II of the Hindu Code for the ……………………………. District. We hereby give you notice that a civil marriage under Part II of the Hindu Code is intended to be solemnized between us within three calendar months from the date hereof. Names Condition Rank or profession Age Dwelling place Length of residence A B Unmarried Land owner ....... ....... ....... Widower Divorcee C D Spinster ....... ....... ....... ....... Widow Witness our hands, this ………………………. day of ………………., 19 (Signed) A B C D (169)

DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES216 (170) FIFTH SCHEDULE (See section 17) DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM I. A B, hereby declare as follows:— 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower, as the case may be). 2. I profess the Hindu religion (or the Buddhist, the Sikh or the Jaina religion, as the case may be). 3. I have completed ……………………….. years of age. 4. I am not related to C D (the bride) within the degrees of relationship prohibited by Part II of the Hindu Code. (And when the bridegroom has not completed the age of twenty-one years : 5. The consent of M N, my father (or guardian, as the case may be), has been given to a marriage between myself and C D, and has not been revoked.) 6. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement, I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. (Signed) A B (the bridegroom). DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE I, C D, hereby declare as follows:— 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower, as the case may be). 2. I profess the Hindu religion (or the Buddhist, the Sikh or the Jaina religion, as the case may be). 3. I have completed .................................. years of age. 4. I am not related to A B (the bridegroom) within the degrees of relationship prohibited by Part II of the Hindu Code. (And when the bride has not completed the age of twenty-one unless she is a widow: 5. The consent of O P, my father (or guardian, as the case may be), has been given to a marriage between myself and AB, and has not been revoked.) 6. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement, I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. (Signed) C D (the bride).

DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 217 FOURTH SCHEDULE (See section 17) DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDEGROOM I. A B, hereby declare as follows:— 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widower, as the case may be). 2. I profess the Hindu religion (or the Buddhist, the Sikh or the Jaina religion, as the case may be). 3. I have completed ....................................... years of age. 4. I am not related to C D (the bride) within the degrees of relationship prohibited by Part II of the Hindu Code. (And when the bridegroom has not completed the age of twenty-one years : 5. The consent of M N, my father (or guardian, as the case may be), has been given to a marriage between myself and C D, and has not been revoked.) 6. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement, I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. (Signed) A B (the bridegroom). DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE BRIDE 1. C D, hereby declare as follows:— 1. I am at the present time unmarried (or a widow, as the case may be). 2. I profess the Hindu religion (or the Buddhist, the Sikh or the Jaina religion, as the case may be). 3. I have completed years of age. 4. I am not related to A B (the bridegroom) within the degrees of relationship prohibited by Part II of the Hindu Code. (And when the bride has not completed the age of twenty-one years unless she is a widow: 5. The consent of O P, my father (or guardian, as the case may be), has been given to a marriage between myself and AB, and has not been revoked.) 6. I am aware that, if any statement in this declaration is false, and if in making such statement, I either know or believe it to be false or do not believe it to be true, I am liable to imprisonment and also to fine. (Signed) C D (the bride). (contd.) 219