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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....1908, `India', means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under s. 2(e) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, `India' means for the purposes of this Act the territories to which this Act extends (i.e., whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). According to s. 2(27) of Customs Act, 1962, `India' includes the territorial waters of India. SECTION 19: "JUDGE" The word "judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person, who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgement or a judgement which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgement which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgement. Illustrations (a) A Collector exercising jurisdiction in a suit under Act 10 of 1859, is a Judge. (b) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to sentence to fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal, is a Judge. (c) A member of a Panchayat which has power.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part IV

Title: Matrimonial Suits

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....Section 2.] [(3) Where an order for alimony or maintenance in favour of awife has been made either under the provisions of the [Repealed by this Act.] Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1865, (15 of 1865) or under the provisions of this Act, the Court, if satisfied that the wife has remarried or has not remained chaste, shall vary or rescind the order.]" by the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-04-1988. 2. Inserted by The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act 2001 w.e.f. 24.09.2001 Section 40 - Permanent alimony and maintenance 1 [40. Permanent alimony and maintenance.- (1) Any Court exercising jurisdiction under this Act may at the time of passing any decree or at any time subsequent thereto, on an application made to it or the purpose by either the wife or the husband, order that the defendant shall pay to the plaintiff for her or his maintenance and support, such gross sum or such monthly or periodical sum, for a term not exceeding the life of the plaintiff as having regard to the defendant's own income and other property, if any, the income and other property of the plaintiff, the conduct of the parties and other circumstances of the case, it may seem to the.....

HINDU WIDOW'S REMARRIAGE ACT, 1856 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1856

HINDU WIDOW'S RE-MARRIAGE ACT, 1856 HINDU WIDOW'S RE-MARRIAGE ACT, 1856 An Act to remove all legal obstacles to the Marriage of Hindu Widows Whereas it is known that, by the law as administered in the Civil Courts established in the territories in the possession and under the Government of the East India Company, Hindu widows with certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of contracting a second valid marriage and the offspring of such widows by any second marriage are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property; and whereas many Hindus believe that this imputed legal incapacity, although it is in accordance with established custom, is not in accordance with a true interpretation of the precepts of their religion, and desire that the civil law administered by the Courts of Justice shall no longer prevent those Hindus who maybe so minded from adopting a different custom, in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience; and whereas it is just to relieve all such Hindus from this legal incapacity of which they complain, and the removal of all legal obstacles to the marriage of Hindu widows will tend.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. SECTION 14: NEW NOTICE WHEN MARRIAGE NOT SOLEMNIZED WITHIN THREE MONTHS Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within three calendar months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required by section 5-, or where an appeal has been filed under sub-section (2) of section 8-, within three months from the date of the decision of the district court on such appeal or, where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10-, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government the notice and all other proceedings arising there from shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer shall solemnize the marriage until a new notice has been given in the manner laid down in this Act. CHAPTER 03 REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES CELEBRATED IN OTHER FORMS OBJECTS AND REASONS Section 15(e). Proviso.- "In the.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 4

Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....7, for the clause iii) (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 3. Certain words omitted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 4. The word "or" omitted by Act 44 of 1964, section 2 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 5. Inserted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 6. Clause (viii) and (ix) omitted by Act 44 of 1964, section 2 (w.e.f. 20-12-1964). 7. Inserted by Act 44 of 1964, section 2 (w.e.f. 20-12-1964). 8. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7, for "two years" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 9. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 for "bestiality" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 10. Inserted by Act 68 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 11. 27th May, 1976. Section 13A - Alternate relief in divorce proceedings 1[13A. Alternate relief in divorce proceedings In any proceeding under this Act, on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, except in so far as the petition is founded on the grounds mentioned in clauses (ii), (vi) and (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 13, the court may, if it considers it just so to do having regard to the circumstances of the case, pass instead a decree for judicial separation. ___________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 68.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Section 32

Title: Grounds for Divorce

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....the plaintiff: Provided that divorce shall not be granted on this ground, unless (1) the plaintiff was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the fact alleged, (2) the suit has been filed within two years of the date of marriage, and (3) marital intercourse has not taken place after the plaintiff came to know of the fact; (d) that the defendant has since the marriage committed adultery or fornication or bigamy or rape or an unnatural offence: Provided that divorce shall not be granted on this ground if the suit has been filed more than two years after the plaintiff came to know of the fact; 1[(dd) that the different has since the solemnization of the marriage treated the plaintiff with cruelty or has behaved in such a way as to render it in the judgement of the Court improper to compel the plaintiff to live with the different: Provided that in every suit for divorce on this ground it shall be in the discretion of the Court whether it should grant a decree for divorce or for judicial separation only;] (e) that the defendant has since the marriage voluntarily caused grievous hurt to the plaintiff or has infected the plaintiff with venereal disease or, where the.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter VI

Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....other than the petitioner; or (iii) the consent of either party to the marriage was obtained by coercion or fraud, as defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872): Provided that, in the case specified in clause (ii), the court shall not grant a decree unless it is satisfied,-- (a) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (b) that proceedings were instituted within a year from the date of the marriage; and (c) that marital intercourse with the consent of the petitioner has not taken place since the discovery by the petitioner of the existence of the grounds for a decree: Provided further that in the case specified in clause (iii), the court shall not grant a decree if,-- (a) proceedings have not been instituted within one year after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (b) the petitioner has with his or her free consent lived with the other party to the marriage as husband and wife after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered. Section 26 - Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages 1[26. Legitimacy of children of.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Section 25

Title: Voidable Marriages

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....party to the marriage was obtained by coercion or fraud, as defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872): Provided that, in the case specified in clause (ii), the court shall not grant a decree unless it is satisfied,-- (a) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (b) that proceedings were instituted within a year from the date of the marriage; and (c) that marital intercourse with the consent of the petitioner has not taken place since the discovery by the petitioner of the existence of the grounds for a decree: Provided further that in the case specified in clause (iii), the court shall not grant a decree if,-- (a) proceedings have not been instituted within one year after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (b) the petitioner has with his or her free consent lived with the other party to the marriage as husband and wife after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered.

Indian Divorce (Amendment) Act, 2001 Section 5

Title: Substitution of New Section for Section 10

State: Central

Year: 2001

For section 10 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely: -- " 10. Grounds for dissolution of marriage. -- (1) Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement of the Indian Divorce (Amendment) Act, 2001, may, on a petition presented to the District Court either by the husband or the wife, be dissolved on the ground that since the solemnization of the marriage, the respondent -- (i) has committed adultery; or (ii) has ceased to be Christian by conversion to another religion; or (iii) has been incurably of unsound mind for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition; or (iv) has, for a period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, been suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy; or (v) has, for a period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, been suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form; or (vi) has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by those persons who would naturally have heard of the respondent if the respondent.....

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). .....