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Draft Uniform Civil Code Bill – Assam
May 16 , 2026
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- The Assam Government will introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the State Assembly.
- The proposed legislation aims to address issues including the legal age of marriage, polygamy, inheritance, and live-in relationships.
- The religious practices would remain outside the scope of the Bill.
- Tribal communities living in both the hill and plain regions of the State will also be exempted from the provisions of the proposed law.
- With this move, Assam is set to become the third State, after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to table a Uniform Civil Code Bill.
- Uttarakhand became the first Indian state to enact a Uniform Civil Code law in 2024.
- Goa is the only Indian state to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), governed by the Portuguese Civil Code of 1867.
- Article 44 of the Constitution of India places the UCC among the Directive Principles of State Policy.
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