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CONVERTS' MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION ACT, 1866 Section 25

Title: Petitioners cruelty or adultery to bar suit

State: Central

Year: 1866

If at any stage of the suit it be proved that the respondent has deserted or repudiated the petitioner solely or partly in consequence of the petitioner's cruelty or adultery, the Court shall pass a decree dismissing the suit and stating the ground of such dismissal. A suit dismissed under this section shall not be revived.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 497

Title: Adultery

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall be punishable as an abettor. STATE AMENDMENT 1Andhra Pradesh Punishment--Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both--Cognizable-- B ailable--Triable by Magistrate of the first class--Non-compoundable. ________________ 1. Vide A.P Act 3 of 1992, section 2 (w.e.f. 15-2-1992)].

Indian Divorce Act, 1869 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1869

.....for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England and it omits the provision in 20 and 21 Vic. Ch.85 respecting the occasional trial of questions of fact by juries. In respect of fees, it has been considered that the Act 20 of 1862 (lately continued by the governor-general in Council for another year) renders special legislation unnecessary. The power of intervening in suits, given by 23 and 24 Vic. Ch. 144, to the Attorney General and the Queen's Proctor is, in this Bill, given to the Advocate General and the Solicitor to Government. There are also other variations of a minor and verbal character. The Draft Bill having been submitted to the Judges of the several High Courts, with request that they would favour the Government with their opinions on it communications have been received, from the Judges at Calcutta and Bombay and will be laid before the Council. In these letters there are several important suggestions, and the Honourable the Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta has intimated that he considers it doubtful whether decrees by the High Court under the proposed Act, dissolving the marriages of persons who have been married in England would have legal effect.....

Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 3

Title: Dissolution of Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1869

..... Upon any such petition for the dissolution of a marriage, the Court shall satisfy itself, so far as it reasonably can, not only as to the facts alleged, but also whether or not the petitioner has been in any manner accessory to, or conniving at, the going through of the said form of marriage, or the adultery, or has condoned the same, and shall also enquire into any countercharge which may be made against the petitioner. Section 13 - Dismissal of petition In case the Court, on the evidence in relation to any such petition, is satisfied that the petitioner's case has not been proved, or is not satisfied that the alleged adultery has been committed, or finds that the petitioner has, during the marriage, been accessory to, or conniving at, the going through of the said form of marriage, or the adultery of the other party to the marriage, or has condoned the adultery complained of, or that the petition is presented or proseculed in collusion wilh either of the respondents, then, and in any of the said cases the Court shall dismiss the petition. 1 [***] ______________________ 1. Last paragraph omitted by Act 51 of 2001, section 8 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001). .....

Divorce Act, 1869 Schedule 1

Title: Schedule of Forms

State: Central

Year: 1869

.....of........................, ........................ your petitioner, then a spinster, eighteen years of age, was married in fact, though not in law, to C.D., then a bachelor of about thirty years of age, at [some place in India]. 2. That from the said .................................... day of...................................., ...................................., until the month of .................................... your petitioner lived and cohabited with the said C.D., at diverse places, and particularly at aforesaid. 3. That the said C.D. has never consummated the said pretended marriage by carnal copulation. 4. That at the time of the celebration of your petitioner's pretended marriage, the said C.D. was, by reason of his impotency or malformation, legally incompetent to enter into the contract of marriage. 5. That there is no collusion or connivance between her and the said C.D. with respect to the subject of this suit. Your petitioner therefore prays that this (Hon'ble) Court will declare that the said marriage is null and void. (Signed) A.B. Form of Verification: See No. 1 STATE AMENDMENT 1 Uttar Pradesh: In Form No. 4,.....

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1973

.....faith in his aid and under his direction, to make such an examination of the person arrested as is reasonably necessary in order to ascertain the facts which may afford such evidence, and to use such force as is reasonably for that purpose. (2) Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner. Explanation.-In this section and in section 54, "registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 ( 102 of 1956) and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register. 54. Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person. When a person who is arrested, whether on a charge or otherwise alleges, at the time when he is produced before a Magistrate or at any time during the period of his detention in custody that the examination of his body will afford evidence which will disprove the commission by him of any offence or which will establish the commission by any other.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....officer shall inform the arrested person of his rights under sub-section (1) as soon as he is brought to the police station. (3) An entry of the fact as to who has been informed of the arrest of such person shall be made in a book to be kept in the police station in such form as may be prescribed in this behalf by the State Government. (4) It shall be the duty of the Magistrate before whom such arrested person is produced, to satisfy himself that the requirements of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) have been complied with in respect of such arrested person.] * Inserted by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005, S. 7. SECTION 51: SEARCH OF ARRESTED PERSON .- (1) Whenever a person is arrested by a police officer under a warrant which does not provide for the taking of bail, or under a warrant which provides for the taking of bail but the person arrested cannot furnish bail, and whenever a person is arrested without warrant, or by a private person under a warrant, and cannot legally be admitted to bail, or is unable to furnish bail, the officer making the arrest or, when the arrest is made by a private person, the police officer to whom he makes over the.....

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Himachal

Year: 1973

.....faith in his aid and under his direction, to make such an examination of the person arrested as is reasonably necessary in order to ascertain the facts which may afford such evidence, and to use such force as is reasonably for that purpose. (2) Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner. Explanation.-In this section and in section 54, "registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 ( 102 of 1956) and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register. 54. Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person. 54. Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person. When a person who is arrested, whether on a charge or otherwise alleges, at the time when he is produced before a Magistrate or at any time during the period of his detention in custody that the examination of his body will afford evidence which will.....

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 1973

.....faith in his aid and under his direction, to make such an examination of the person arrested as is reasonable necessary in order to ascertain the facts which may afford such evidence, and to use such force as is reasonably necessary for that purpose (2) Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner Explanation" In this section and in section 54, "registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register 54. Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person When a person who is arrested, whether on a charge or otherwise, alleges, at the time when he is produced before a Magistrate or at any time during the period of his detention in custody that the examination of his body will afford evidence which will disprove the commission by him of any offence or which will establish the commission by.....