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In a major development, the long-standing Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act of 1935 was repealed by the state government on Friday.The decision was taken during a state cabinet meeting on Friday night chaired by Chief Minister .
Addressing the media, Mallabarua said the Assam Muslim Marriage & Divorce Registration Act, 1935, under which 94 Muslim registrars are still functioning, has been repealed today.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. With this, all matters related to Muslim marriages and divorces in Assam would now fall under the Special Marriages Act.