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Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 Section 2

Title: Grounds for Decree for Dissolution of Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....law: Provided that.-- (a) no decree shall be passed on ground (iii) until the sentence has become final; (b) a decree passed on ground (i) shall not take effect for a period of six months from the date of such decree, and if the husband appears either in person or through an authorised agent within that period and satisfies the Court that he is prepared to perform his conjugal duties, the Court shall set aside the said decree; and (c) before passing a decree on ground (v) the Court shall on application by the husband, make an order requiring the hus­band to satisfy the Court, within a period of one year from the date of such order that he has ceased to be impotent, and if the husband so satisfies the Court within such period, no decree shall be passed on the said ground.

Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....woman shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any of the grounds mentioned, in section 2-: Provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to a woman converted to Islam from some other faith who re-embraces her former faith. SECTION 05: RIGHTS TO DOWER NOT TO BE AFFECTED - Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any right which a married woman may have under Muslim law to her dower or any part thereof on the dissolution of her marriage. SECTION 06: REPEAL OF SECTION 5 OF ACT 26 OF 1937 -[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1942 (25 of 1942), S. 2 and Sch. I]. Footnotes: 2. Substituted for the old sub-section (2) by the Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act, 1959 (98 of 1959), S. 3 and Sch. I (1-2-1960). Central Bare Acts

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 4

Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Act, the 1978 (2 of 1978)], the consent of such guardian was obtained by force3[or by fraud as to the nature of the ceremony or as to any material fact or circumstance concerning the respondent]; or (d) that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no petition for annulling a marriage- (a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained if- (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner has, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; (b) on the ground specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained unless the court is satisfied- (i) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (ii) that proceedings have been instituted in the case of a marriage solemnised before the commencement of this Act within one year of.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 12

Title: Voidable Marriages

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Act, the 1978 (2 of 1978)], the consent of such guardian was obtained by force3[or by fraud as to the nature of the ceremony or as to any material fact or circumstance concerning the respondent]; or (d) that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no petition for annulling a marriage- (a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained if- (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner has, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; (b) on the ground specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained unless the court is satisfied- (i) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (ii) that proceedings have been instituted in the case of a marriage solemnised before the commencement of this Act within one year of.....

Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 Schedule I

Title: The Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1954

..... Diseases and disorders of the brain. 11. Diseases and disorders of the optical system 12. Disorders and disorders of the uterus 13. Disorders of menstrual flow. 14. Disorders of the nervous system. 15. Disorders of the prostatic gland. 16. Dropsy. 17. Epilepsy. 18. Female diseases (in general) 19. Fevers (in general). 20. Fits. 21. Forms and structure of the female bust. 22. Gall stones, kidney stones and bladder stones. 23. Gangrene 24. Glaucoma. 25. Goitre. 26. Heart diseases. 27. High or low blood pressure. 28. Hydrocele. 29. Hysteria. 30. Infantile paralysis. 31. Insanity. 32. Leprosy. 33. Leucoderma. 34. Lockjaw. 35. .....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter VI

Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....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 void and voidable marriages (1) Notwithstanding that a marriage is null and void under section 24, any child of such marriage who would have been legitimate if the marriage had been valid, shall be legitimate, whether.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Section 24

Title: Void Marriages

State: Central

Year: 1954

(1) Any marriage solemnized under this Act shall be null and void1[and may, on a petition presented by either party thereto against the other party, be so declared] by a decree of nullity if-- (i) any of the conditions specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 4 has not been fulfilled; or (ii) the respondent was impotent at the time of the marriage and at the time of the institution of the suit. (2) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to any marriage deemed to be solemnized under this Act within the meaning of section 18, but the registration of any such marriage under Chapter III may be declared to be of no effect if the registration was in contravention of any of the conditions specified in clauses (a) to (e) of section 15: Provided that no such declaration shall be made in any case where an appeal -has been preferred under section 17 and the decision of the district court has become final. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 25, for "and may be so declared" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).

Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 4

Title: Nullity of Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1869

.....force. Nothing in this section shall effect the1[ jurisdiction of the District Court ] to make decrees of nullity of marriage on the ground that the consent of either party was obtained by force or fraud. ___________________ 1.Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 15, for "jurisdiction of the High Court" (w.e.f. 3-10-2001). Section 20 - Confirmation of District Judge's decree (Repealed) [Rep. by the Indian Divorce (Amendment) Act, 2001 (51 of 2001), section 16 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).] Section 21 - Children of annulled marriage Where a marriage is annulled on the ground that a former husband or wife was living, and it is adjudged that the subsequent marriage was contracted in good faith and with the full belief of the parties that the former husband or wife was dead, or when a marriage is annulled on the ground of insanity, children begotten before the decree is made shall be specified in the decree, and shall be entitled to succeed, in the same manner as legitimate children, to the estate of the parent who at the time of the marriage was competent to contract.

Divorce Act, 1869 Section 19

Title: Grounds of Decree

State: Central

Year: 1869

Such decree may be made on any of the following grounds: - (1) that the respondent was impotent at the time of the marriage and at the time of the institution of the suit; (2) that the parties are within the prohibited degree of consanguinity (whether natural or legal) or affinity; (3) that either party was a lunatic or idiot at the time of the marriage; (4) that the former husband or wife of either party was living at the time of the marriage, and the marriage with such former husband or wife was then in force. Nothing in this section shall effect the1[ jurisdiction of the District Court ] to make decrees of nullity of marriage on the ground that the consent of either party was obtained by force or fraud. ___________________ 1.Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 15, for "jurisdiction of the High Court" (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,.....