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Divorce Act, 1869 Section 40

Title: Inquiry into Existence of Ante-nuptial or Post-nuptial Settlements

State: Central

Year: 1869

1[ The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into" ]the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit: Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Section 9

Title: Husband not liable for wife's ante-nuptial debts

State: Central

Year: 1874

A husband married after the thirty-first day of December, 1865 sh all not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the debts of hi s wife contracted before marriage, but the wife sh all be liable to be sued for, and sh all, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to satisfy such debts as if he had continued unmarried: Provided that nothing contained in this section sh all1[* * *] invalidate any contract into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in consideration of hi s wife's ante-nuptial debts. _______________________ 1. The words "affect any suit instituted before the passing of this Act, not" rep . b y Act 12 of 1891 , Sec. 2 and Sch. I.

Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 10

Title: Settlements

State: Central

Year: 1869

[Rep. by the Indian Dovorce (Amendment) Act, 2001 (51 of 2001), section 23 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001)]. Section 40 - Inquiry into existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements 1[ The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into" ]the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit: Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

Indian Divorce Act, 1869 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1869

.....upon certain Courts jurisdiction matters matrimonial; It is hereby enacted as follows :-I-PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT OF ACT This Act may be called the3[***] Divorce Act and shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1869. SECTION 02: EXTENT OF ACT 4 [This Act extends to the whole of India5[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir].] Extent of power to grant relief generally,6[Nothing hereinafter contained shall authorise any Court to grant any relief under this Act except where the petitioner7[or respondent] professes the Christian religion. and to make decrees of dissolution, or to make decrees of dissolution of marriage except where the parties to the marriage are domiciled in India at the time when the petition is presented, or of nullity or to make decrees of nullity of marriage except where the marriage has been solemnized in India and the petitioner is resident in India at the time of presenting the petition, or to grant any relief under this Act, other than a decree of dissolution of marriage or of nullity of marriage, except where the petitioner resides in India at the time of presenting the petition.] SECTION 03: INTERPRETATION.....

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1874

.....married before 1st January 1866; secondly to declare that a married woman may sue in her own name for any property which by force of the Succession Act, or the proposed Act, is her separate property; thirdly, to relieve the husband of a wife married after the 31st December 1865, from her ante-nuptial debts; and, lastly, to declare that any person entering into a contract with a wife (otherwise than as her husband's agent), shall be entitled to sue her, and, to the extent of her separate property, to recover against her whatever he might have recovered had she been unmarried. Clause 4 (as to a wife's wages and earnings) is equivalent to the Married Women's Property Act (33 and 34 Vic., Chap. 93) section one. Clause 6 is copied from the first paragraph of section ten of that Act. It declares that any married woman may effect a policy of insurance on her own life or on her husband's life, on her own behalf, and that the amount assured shall be her separate property. As the law stands, if a wife effects such a policy (otherwise than out of her separate estate), and dies in her husband's lifetime, the husband, in the capacity of her administrator, becomes the absolute owner of the.....

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Complete Act

Title: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874

State: Central

Year: 1874

Preamble1 - MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Chapter I Section1 - Short title Section2 - Extent and application Section3 - Commencement [Repealed] Chapter II Section4 - Married women's earnings to be their separate property Chapter III Section5 - Married women may effect policy of insurance Section6 - Insurance by husband for benefit of wife Chapter IV Section7 - Married women may take legal proceedings Section8 - Wife's liability for post-nuptial debts Chapter V Section9 - Husband not liable for wife's ante-nuptial debts ChapterVI - HUSBAND'S LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF TRUST OF DEVASTATION Section10 - Extent of husband's liability for wife's breach of trust or devastation

Divorce Act, 1869 Complete Act

Title: Divorce Act, 1869

State: Central

Year: 1869

Preamble1 - DIVORCE ACT, 1869 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title, commencement of the Act Section2 - Extent of Act Section3 - Interpretation-clause Chapter 2 Section4 - Matrimonial jurisdiction of High Courts to be exercised subject to Act-Exception Section5 - Enforcement of decrees or orders made heretofore by Supreme Court or High Court Section6 - Pending suits Section7 - Court to act on principles of English Divorce Court(Repealed) Section8 - Extraordinary jurisdiction of High Court Section9 - Reference to High Court Chapter 3 Section10 - Grounds for dissolution of marriage Section10A - Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent Section11 - Adulterer or adulteress to be co-respondent Section12 - Court to be satisfied of absence of collusion Section13 - Dismissal of petition Section14 - Power to court to pronounce decree for dissolving marriage Section15 - Relief in case of opposition on certain grounds Section16 - Decrees for dissolution to be nisi Section17 - Power of High Court to remove certain suits Section17A - Appointment of officer to exercise duties of King's Proctor (Repealed) Chapter 4 Section18 - Petition for decree of nullity Section19 - Grounds of.....

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Chapter V

Title: HUSBAND'S LIABILITY FOR WIFE'S DEBTS

State: Central

Year: 1874

A husband married after the thirty-first day of December, 1865 sh all not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the debts of hi s wife contracted before marriage, but the wife sh all be liable to be sued for, and sh all, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to satisfy such debts as if he had continued unmarried: Provided that nothing contained in this section sh all1[* * *] invalidate any contract into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in consideration of hi s wife's ante-nuptial debts. _______________________ 1. The words "affect any suit instituted before the passing of this Act, not" rep . b y Act 12 of 1891 , Sec. 2 and Sch. I.

Income Tax Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 43 of 1961 [AS AMENDED BY FINANCE ACT, 2003] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to income-tax and super-tax BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows : CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Income-tax Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1962. Section 2 Definitions 1 Inserted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.[(1) "advance tax" means the advance tax payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-C;] 2 Renumbered as clause (1A) by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.[(1A)] 3 For manner of computation of income which is partially agricultural and partially frombusiness, see rules 7, 7A, 7B and 8. For analysis, see Mashbra's Income-tax Rules."agricultural income" means - 4 Substituted by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1970, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1962.[(a) any rent or revenue derived from land which is situated in India and is used for.....

The Kerala Home Guards Act, 1960[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1960

.....or Local Authorities." (1) A person shall not be disqualified for being chosen as and for being a member of the Legislative Assembly merely by reason of the fact that he is an officer or a member of the Home Guards. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any other law for the time being in force, an officer or a member of the Home Guards shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being a member of any Local Authority, merely by reason of the fact that he is an officer or a member of the Home Guards. 16. Repeal." The Madras Home Guards Act, 1948 (Act I of 1948) as in force in Malabar district referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, is hereby repealed. Kerala State Acts