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Divorce Act, 1869 Section 41

Power to Make Orders as to Custody of Children in Suit for Separation

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Divorce Act, 1869 Section 41 is part of Divorce Act, 1869 - Power to Make Orders as to Custody of Children in Suit for Separation. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

In any suit for obtaining a judicial separation the Court may from time to time, before making its decree, make such interim orders, and may make such provision in the decree, as it deems proper with respect to the custody, maintenance and education of the minor children, the marriage of whose parents is the subject of such suit, and may, if it thinks fit, direct proceedings to be taken for placing such children under the protection of the said Court.

1 [Provided that the application with respect to the maintenance and education of the minor children pending the suit, shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within sixty days from the date of service of notice on the respondent.]

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1. Inserted by Act 49 of 2001, section 3 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001).

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What does Divorce Act, 1869 Section 41 provide?

Section Section 41 of the Divorce Act, 1869 (Power to Make Orders as to Custody of Children in Suit for Separation) is reproduced on this page as part of the Divorce Act, 1869. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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