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Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
An Act to amend the law relating to marriage and divorce among Parsis
| Act Id | 193603 |
| Act Number | 03 |
| Enactment Date | 1936-04-23 |
| Act Year | 1936 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Enforcement Date | 22-06-1936 |
- I.--PRELIMINARY
- II.--MARRIAGES BETWEEN PARSIS
- 3 Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages
- 4 Remarriage when unlawful
- 5 Punishment of bigamy
- 6 Certificate and registry of marriage
- 7 Appointment of Registrar
- 8 Marriage register to be open for public inspection
- 9 Copy of certificate to sent to Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- 10 Registration of divorces
- 11 Penalty for solemnizing marriage contrary to section 4
- 12 Penalty for priest’s neglect of requirements of section 6
- 13 Penalty for omitting to subscribe and attest certificate
- 14 Penalty for making, etc., false certificate
- 15 Penalty for failing to register certificate
- 16 Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering register
- 17 Formal irregularity not to invalidate marriage
- III.--PARSI MATRIMONIAL COURTS
- 18 Constitution of Special Courts under the Act
- 19 Parsi Chief Matrimonial Courts
- 20 Parsi District Matrimonial Courts
- 21 Power to alter territorial jurisdiction of District Courts
- 22 Certain districts to be within jurisdiction of the Chief Matrimonial Court
- 23 Court seal
- 24 Appointment of delegates
- 25 Power to appoint new delegates
- 26 Delegates to be deemed public servants
- 27 Selection of delegates under sections 19 and 20 to be from those appointed under section 24
- 28 Practitioners in Matrimonial Courts
- 29 Court in which suits to be brought
- IV.--MATRIMONIAL SUITS
- 30 Suits for nullity
- 31 Suits for dissolution
- 32 Grounds for divorce
- 32A Non-resumption of cohabitation or restitution of conjugal rights within one year in pursuance of a decree to be ground for divorce
- 32B Divorce by mutual consent
- 33 Joining of co-defendant
- 34 Suits for judicial separation
- 35 Decrees in certain suits
- 36 Suit for restitution of conjugal rights
- 37 Counter-claim by defendant for any relief
- 38 Documentary evidence
- 39 Alimony pendente lite
- 40 Permanent alimony and maintenance
- 41 Payment of alimony to wife or to her trustee
- 42 Disposal of joint property
- 43 Suits to be heard in camera and may not be printed or published
- 44 Validity of trial
- 45 Provisions of Civil Procedure Code to apply to suits under the Act
- 46 Determination of questions of law and procedure and of fact
- 47 Appeal to High Court
- 48 Liberty to parties to marry again
- V.--CHILDREN OF THE PARTIES
- VI.--MISCELLANEOUS
