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