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CONVERTS' MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION ACT, 1866 Section 17

Title: Decree in case of male respondent refusing to cohabit on grounds of petitioners change of religion

State: Central

Year: 1866

If the respondent be a male, and in answer to the interrogatories of the Judge or Commissioners, as the case may be, shall refuse to cohabit with the petitioner, the Judge, if upon consideration of the respondent's answers and of the facts which may have been proved by the petitioner he shall be of opinion that the ground of such refusal is the petitioner's change of religion, shall adjourn the case for a year. At the expiration of such adjournment, the petitioner shall again appear in Court; and if the respondent on being interrogated by the Judge or Commissioners, as the case may be, again refuse to cohabit with the petitioner, the Judge shall thereupon pass such a decree as last aforesaid : Proviso.-- Provided that if the petitioner shall so desire (but not otherwise), the proceedings in the suit shall, mutatis mutandis, be the same as in the case of a female respondent.

CONVERTS' MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION ACT, 1866 Section 26

Title: Male petitioners cohabitation with one of several wives to bar suit

State: Central

Year: 1866

If the petitioner, being a male, has at the time of the institution of the suit two or more wives, he shall make them all respondents; and if at any stage of the suit it be proved that he is cohabiting with one of such wives as man and wife, or that any one of such wives is ready and willing so to cohabit with him, the Court shall pass a decree dismissing the suit and stating the ground of such dismissal. The provisions as to revival contained in section 24 of this Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to a suit dismissed under this section.

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 Section 9

Title: Punishment for Male Adult Marrying a Child

State: Central

Year: 2006

Whoever, being a male adult above eighteen years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both.

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 3

Title: Punishment for Male Adult Below Twenty-one Years of Age Marrying a Child

State: Central

Year: 1929

Whoever, being a male above eighteen years of age and below twenty-one, contracts a child marriage1[shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend to fifteen days, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949, Section 3 for "shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees".

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 4

Title: Punishment for Male Adult Above Twenty-one Years of Age Marrying a Child

State: Central

Year: 1929

Whoever, being a male above twenty-one years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punishable with1[simple imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to fine]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949, Section 4, for "simple imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both".

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section 8

Title: General Rules of Succession in the Case of Males

State: Central

Year: 1956

The property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the provisions of this Chapter (a) firstly, upon the heirs, being the relatives specified in class I of the Schedule; (b) secondly, if there is no heir of class I, then upon the heirs, being the relatives specified in class II of the Schedule; (c) thirdly, if there is no heir of any of the two classes, then upon the agnates of the deceased; and (d) lastly, if there is no agnate, then upon the cognates of the deceased.

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Section 7

Title: Capacity of a Male Hindu to Take in Adoption

State: Central

Year: 1956

Any male Hindu who is of sound mind and is not a minor has the capacity to take a son or a daughter in adoption: Provided that, if he has a wife living, he shall not adopt except with the consent of his wife unless the wife has completely and finally renounced the world or has ceased to be a Hindu or has been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be of unsound mind. Explanation.--If a person has more than one wife living at the time of adoption, the consent of all the wives is necessary unless the consent of any one of them is unnecessary for any of the reasons specified in the preceding proviso.

Bombay Bhagdari and Narwadari Tenures Abolition Act, 1949, (Maharashtra) Section 6

Title: Custom of Female Heirs Excluded by Male Heirs Void

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

Any custom, usage or practice relating to the succession to any bhag, narwa or a bhagdari or narwadari village or any homestead, building site (gabhan) or premises appurtenant or append ant to such bhag, narwa or village whereby contrary to the personal law governing the parties, the female heirs were excluded absolutely or in favor of more distant male heirs, shall, to the extent of repugnancy, be deemed to be void and of no effect from and after the date on which this Act comes into force.

The Cochin Nayar Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1938

THE COCHIN NAYAR ACT, 1113 THE COCHIN NAYAR ACT, 1113 [Act No. 29 of 1113] [22nd July, 1938] PREAMBLE Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Cochin Nayar Act, XIII of 1095, it is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title and application This Act may be called the Cochin Nayar Act, XXIX of 1113. It shall apply to all Nayars domiciled in Cochin, and to such Nayars not so domiciled, and to such non-Nayars, whether or not so domiciled, as have or shall have, marital relation with Nayars domiciled in Cochin. It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Repeal The Cochin Nayar Act, XIII of 1095, is hereby repealed. Section 3 - Definitions In this Act unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:- 'Anandaravan' means any member of tarwad other than the Karanavan. 'Karanavan' means the senior major male member of a tarwad and, in the absence of such male member, the senior major female member thereof, unless there is a family usage by which the senior major female member is recognised as karanavan. 'Marumakkathayam' means a system of inheritance in which descent is traced in the female line. 'Minor' means.....

The Madras Aliyasantana Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1949

.....in the Port St. George Gazette dt. 26/4/1949. Received the assent of this Excellency the Governor-General on the 13-4-1949.) THE MADRAS ALIYASANTANA ACT, 1949 [Act No. 9 of 1949] PREAMBLE (An Act to define and amend in certain respects the law relating to marriage, maintenance, guardianship, intestate succession, family management and partition applicable to persons governed by the Aliyasantana law of inheritance. Whereas it is expedient to define and amend in certain respects the law relating to marriage, maintenance, guardianship, intestate succession, family management and partition applicable to persons governed by the Aliyasantana Law of inheritance; it is hereby enacted as follows:- Chapter I - PRELIMINARY ( Pub. in the Port St. George Gazette dt. 26/4/1949. Received the assent of this Excellency the Governor-General on the 13-4-1949.) THE MADRAS ALIYASANTANA ACT, 1949 [Act No. 9 of 1949] PREAMBLE (An Act to define and amend in certain respects the law relating to marriage, maintenance, guardianship, intestate succession, family management and partition applicable to persons governed by the Aliyasantana law of inheritance. Whereas it is expedient to.....