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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Divorce Act, 1869 Section 49

Suitsby Minors

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/48392

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Divorce Act, 1869 Section 49 is part of Divorce Act, 1869 - Suitsby Minors. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where the petitioner is a minor, he or she shall sue by his or her next friend to be approved by the Court; and no petition presented by a minor under this Act shall be filed until the next friend has undertaken in writing to be answerable for costs.

Such undertaking1[***] shall be filed in Court, and the next friend shall thereupon be liable in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were a plaintiff in an ordinary suit.

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1.The words "shall bear a stamp of eight annas and" rep. by Act 7 of 1870, Section 2 and Schedule III.

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Section Section 49 of the Divorce Act, 1869 (Suitsby Minors) 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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