Act Info:
(1) This Act may be called the Family Courts Act, 1984.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force on such date 1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States.
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1. Came into force in-RAJASTHAN-on 19-11-1985, vide No. 79/17/85, dated 18th November, 1985, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Section 1.
UTTAR PRADESH-on 2-10-1986, vide No. 79/11/86, dated 4th September, 1986, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Section 1.
TAMIL NADU-on 2-10-1986, vide No. 79/8/86, dated 18th September, 1986, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Section 1.
UNION TERRITORY OF DELHI-on 19-11-1986, vide S.O. 863(E), dated 18th November, 1986, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II Section3 (ii).
MAHARASHTRA-on 1-12-1986, vide S.O. 944, (E), dated 5th December, 1986, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, section 3(ii).
UNION TERRITORY OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS-on 19-11-1986, vide No. 79/22/86, dated 19th November, 1986, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 1.
UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY-on 1-5-1987, vide G.S.R. 459 (E), dated 29th April, 1987, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(i).
MADHYA PRADESH-on 19-11-1986, vide No. 79/6/86, dated 14th November, 1986, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 1.
SIKKIM-on 2-10-1987, vide No. 79/20/86, dated 14th September, 1987, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 1.
KARNATAKA-on 25-5-1987, vide G.S.R. 695 (E), dated 15th May, 1987, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(i).
ORISSA-on 1-5-1989, vide S.O. 321, (E), dated 27th April, 1989, Gazette of India, Extra, Pt. II, Section 3(ii).
GOA-on 16-4-1990, vide S.O. 328(E), dated 12th April, 1990, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(ii).
KERALA-on 21-10-1989, vide No. 79/5/86, dated 17th October, 1989, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 1.
WEST BENGAL-on 1-11-1991, vide No. 79/12/86, dated 1st November, 1991, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 1.
ASSAM-on 2-10-1991, vide No. 79/2/86, dated 30th November, 1991, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 1.
BIHAR-on 10-12-1991, vide S.O. 838 (E), dated 6th December, 1991, Gazette of India, Extra. Pt. II, Section 3(ii).
MANIPUR-on 3-2-1992, vide S.O. 91(E), dated 30th January, 1992, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(ii).
HARYANA-on 2-11-1992, vide G.S.R. 748 (E), dated 24th October, 1992, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(ii).
Mizoram-on-30-03-2009, vide S.O. 2196 (E), dated 27th August, 2009., Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II. section 3(ii).
Section 2 - Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) Judge" means the Judge or, as the case may be, the Principal Judge, Additional Principal Judge or other Judge of a Family Court;
(b) notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(c) prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(d) Family Court" means a Family Court established under section 3;
(e) all other words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Code.