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Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1936

(1) This Act may be called the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936. (2) [Substitute by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Schedule for certain words.] [It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]: Provided that the Central Government may, in respect of {Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No.3) Order, 1956 for " Part B States } [territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this Act relating to the constitution and powers of Parsi Matrimonial Courts and to appeals from the decisions and orders of such Courts shall apply with such modifications as may be specified in the notification. (3) It shall come into force on such [22nd June, 1936: see Gazette of India, 1936, Part I, p.621.]date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, (1) "Chief Justice" includes senior Judge; (2) " Court " means a Court constituted under this Act; (3) to "desert", together with its grammatical variations and.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1936

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, (1) "Chief Justice" includes senior Judge; (2) " Court " means a Court constituted under this Act; (3) to "desert", together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to desert the other party to a marriage without reasonable cause and without the consent, or against the will, of such party; (4) " grievous hurt " means (a) emasculation; (b) permanent privation of the sight of either eye; (c) permanent privation of the hearing of either ear (d) privation of any member or joint; (e) destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint; (f) permanent disfiguration of the head or face; or (g) any hurt which endangers life; (5) " husband " means a Parsi husband; (6) " marriage " means a marriage between Parsis whether contracted before or after the commencement of this Act; (7) a " Parsi " means a Parsi Zoroastrian; (8) " priest " means a Parsi priest and includes Dastur and Mobed; and (9) " wife " means a Parsi wife.

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....certificate was defective, irregular or incorrect. "Clause 17.- This new clause lays down general principles on which most discreet Judges would act and have acted." CHAPTER III- PARSI MATRIMONIAL COURTS SECTION 18: CONSTITUTION OF SPECIAL COURTS UNDER THE ACT For the purpose of hearing suits under this Act, a special Court shall be constituted in each of the Presidency-towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and in such other places in the territories of the several[State Governments] as such Governments respectively shall think fit. SECTION 19: PARSI CHIEF MATRIMONIAL COURTS The Court so constituted in each of the Presidency towns shall be entitled the Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be. The local limits of the jurisdiction of a Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court shall be conterminous with the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court. The Chief Justice of the High Court or such other Judge of the same Court, as the Chief Justice shall from time to time appoint, shall be the Judge of such Matrimonial Court, and, in the trial of cases under this Act, he shall be aided14[by five delegates, except in.....