Marrying a foreign national

After reading a few correspondences in the newspapers on the above issue, I felt an urge within myself to clarify it further. Following is the existing law in brief as per the gazette notification vide the ordinance no. LVII of 1976 relating to the Public Servants ( Marriage With Foreign Nationals ) Ordinance,1976, issued under the signature of the late President A.M. Sayem dated 7th July 1976.
The Ordinance inter-alia states;-
1) That a public servant in diplomatic service shall not marry or promise to marry a foreign national. 2) A public servant other than a public servant in diplomatic service shall not marry or promise to marry a foreign national except with the permission granted under sub-section (3). 3) The President may on an application made in his behalf grant a public servant other than a public servant in diplomatic service permission to marry or promise to marry a foreign national. C) A public servant who contravenes the provisions of the sub section 1 or sub section 2 shall, not withstanding anything contained in any other law or in the terms and conditions of his service be liable to be removed from service.
Public servant includes any person who is, for the time being , in the service of the Republic or of any local authority or nationalised enterprise.
The law seems to be devoid of natural justice and is not consistent and also harsh in nature. After all in this world, exchange of heart may take place between any unmarried grown up man and woman anywhere any time during the course of life, irrespective of nationality, religious faith and linguistic difference. This is the law of the nature. Now a public servant of non diplomatic cadre if unwittingly or unknowingly commits the blunder, law has made no room for the marriage to be regularised by obtaining a post facto approval from the President of the country. For the sake of marriage he/she has to lose his/her bread and butter and be jobless. Then again, the definition of a public servant seems to be ridiculous. How can a worker of a nationalised jute mill be classified as a public servant?
However a law is a law and it is effective as well as binding, though it may have deserved amendments in its proper perspective by the successive governments in power. But no one had time to look at it. Sounds funny we have many such irrational laws like in the past during ex President Ershad's tenure there was a law that a govt servant or semi government servant would have to forego his/her due turn of foreign posting if he/she has more than two surviving children.
A law has to be humane. Maybe, time permitting, the CTG would do something about it.

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