Lawgist1Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.
(2) 1[It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*:]
Provided that the Central Government may, in respect of 2[territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this Act relating to the constitution and powers of Parsi Matrimonial Courts and to appeals from the decisions and orders of such Courts shall apply with such modifications as may be specified in the notification:
3[Provided further that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry.]
(3) It shall come into force on such date4 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for It extends to the whole of India except Part B States and, in respect of Parsi citizens of India, to the whole of India (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for Part B States.
3. Ins. by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 24-5-1968).
4. 22nd June, 1936; see Gazette of India, 1936, Part I, p.621.
*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
