India, Feb. 25 -- The Mizoram assembly on Tuesday passed the Mizo Marriage and Inheritance of Property (Amendment) Bill, 2026, altering the scope of the state's customary law on marriage and inheritance and introducing a statutory ban on polygamy.

The amendment states that Mizo women who marry non-Mizos, along with their children and grandchildren, will no longer fall under the ambit of Mizo Customary Law, including its provisions relating to inheritance of property.

The Bill was introduced and moved in the House by chief minister Lalduhoma, who also holds the law portfolio. Explaining the rationale behind the amendment, the CM said several sections and sub-sections of the principal Act enacted in 2014 required rectification and modific...