The U. P. Abolition of Zare Chaharum Act, 1951Uttar Pradesh
Section 3. Abolition of the custom of Zare Chaharum
3. It is hereby declared that notwithstanding anything in any Wazib-ul-arz, agreement, judgement, decree or order of a court, or any other document , the custom of Zare Chaharum shall be and is hereby abolished with effect from the 25th day of August, 1951.