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Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1940 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1940

.....with the necessary adaptations, apply in relation to any part of His Majesty's dominions to which the provisions of section 1 of the principal Act (Act of 1926)apply by virtue of an Order in Council under section 2-thereof, wherever made, as they would have applied in relation to India, if the Indian Independence Act, 1947, had not passed. SECTION 06: AREAS FOR WHICH THE VARIOUS HIGH COURTS IN INDIA ARC TO ACT (1) A High Court in India on which jurisdiction is conferred by sub-section (1) of section 1-of the principal Act shall, on and after the appointed day. exercise that jurisdiction if, and only if, the parties to the marriage last resided together, or at the date of the presentation of the petition each reside, in the appropriate area. (2) In this section the expression "the appropriate area" means, in relation to any Court, the area with reference to which that Court is for the time being a High Court for the purposes of the Indian Law known as the Indian Divorce Act, 1869-, or such other area as the Governor- General may from time to time by public notification specify, in relation to that Court as the appropriate area for the purposes of this section. (3) The.....