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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 Chapter IV

Title: Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....or any other officer appointed for the purpose, on the progress of each juvenile or the child; (d) for the standards and the nature of services to be maintained by such after care organisations; (e) for such other matters as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the scheme of after-care programme for the juvenile or the child: Provided that any rule made under this section shall not provide for such juvenile or child to stay in the after-care organisation for more than three years: Provided further that a juvenile or child over seventeen years of age but less than eighteen years of age would stay in the after-care organisation till he attains the age of twenty years. Section 45 - Linkages and co-ordination The State Government may make rules to ensure effective linkages between various governmental, non-governmental, corporate and other community agencies for facilitating the rehabilitation and social reintegration of the child.

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part IV

Title: Matrimonial Suits

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....habitually so up to the date of the suit: Provided that divorce shall not be granted on this ground, unless the plaintiff (1) was ignorant of the fact at the time of the marriage, and (2) has filed the suit within three years from the date of the marriage; 1[(bb) that the defendant has been incurably of unsound mind for a period of two years or upwards immediately preceding the filling of the suit or has been suffering continuously or intermittently from mental disorder of such kind and to such an extent that the plaintiff cannot reasonably be expected to live with the different. Explanation.-- In this clause, -- (a) the expression "mental disorder" means mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder or any other disorder or disability of mind and includes schizophrenia; (b) the expression "psychopathic disorder' means a persistent disorder or disability of mind (whether or not including subnormality of intelligence) which results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the defendant, and whether or not it requires or is susceptible to medical treatment;] (c) that the defendant was at the time of.....

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.....

Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1998

.....before whom the memorandum is presented under section 6, on scrutiny of the document submitted with the memorandum or, on the basis of other facts noticed or brought to his notice, is satisfied or has reason to believe that,-- (a) the marriage between the parties is not performed in accordance with the personal law of the parties; or (b) the identity of the parties or the witnesses or the persons testifying the identity of the parties and the solemnization of the marriage is not established beyond reasonable doubt; or (c) the documents tendered before him do not prove the marital status of the parties; he may, after hearing the parties and recording the reasons in writing, refuse to register the marriage and may,-- (i) call upon the parties to produce such further information or documents as deemed necessary, for establishing the identity of the parties and the witnesses or correctness of the information or documents presented to him, and for that purpose direct the parties to appear before him with the required further information or documents on any other date as may be mutually fixed; or (ii) if deemed necessary, also refer the papers to the local police station within.....

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006 Section 21

Title: Amendment of Section 41

State: Central

Year: 2006

In section 41 of the principal Act,-- (i) for sub-sections (2), (3) and (4), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:-- "(2) Adoption shall be resorted to for the rehabilitation of the children who are orphan, abandoned or surrendered through such mechanism as may be prescribed. (3) In keeping with the provisions of the various guidelines for adoption issued from time to time, by the State Government, or the Central Adoption Resource Agency and notified by the Central Government, children may be given in adoption by a court after satisfying itself regarding the investigations having been carried out, as are required for giving such children in adoption. (4) The State Government shall recognise one or more of its institutions or voluntary organisations in each district as specialised adoption agencies in such manner as may be prescribed for the placement of orphan, abandoned or surrendered children for adoption in accordance with the guidelines notified under sub-section (3): Provided that the children's homes and the institutions run by the State Government or a voluntary organisation for children in need of care and protection, who are orphan,.....

Registration Act, 1908 Part I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....frequents the precincts of a registration office, without a licence granted to him under the rules made under section 80G, for the purpose of obtaining employment for himself or any other person in connection with any registration business; or (b) who is declared to be deemed to be a tout for the purposes of this Act by rules made under section 80G." ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "a Native of India" (w.e.f. 26-1-1950). 2. The words "his caste (if any) and" omitted by Act 17 of 1956, Section 2 (w.e.f. 6-4-1956). 3. Inserted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-4-1951). 4. Clause (11) Inserted by the A.O. 1950, and omitted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Sch (w.e.f. 1-4-1951). 5. Vide Andhra Pradesh Act 16 of 1999, Section 2 (w.e.f. 31-12-1998). 6. Vide Goa, Daman and Diu Act 2 of 1968, Section 2. 7. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 38 of 1987, Section 3 (w.e.f. 18-1-1988). 8. Vide West Bengal Act 5 of 1942, Section 8 (w.e.f. 1-11-1943).

Registration Act, 1908 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....frequents the precincts of a registration office, without a licence granted to him under the rules made under section 80G, for the purpose of obtaining employment for himself or any other person in connection with any registration business; or (b) who is declared to be deemed to be a tout for the purposes of this Act by rules made under section 80G." ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "a Native of India" (w.e.f. 26-1-1950). 2. The words "his caste (if any) and" omitted by Act 17 of 1956, Section 2 (w.e.f. 6-4-1956). 3. Inserted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-4-1951). 4. Clause (11) Inserted by the A.O. 1950, and omitted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Sch (w.e.f. 1-4-1951). 5. Vide Andhra Pradesh Act 16 of 1999, Section 2 (w.e.f. 31-12-1998). 6. Vide Goa, Daman and Diu Act 2 of 1968, Section 2. 7. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 38 of 1987, Section 3 (w.e.f. 18-1-1988). 8. Vide West Bengal Act 5 of 1942, Section 8 (w.e.f. 1-11-1943).

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.....

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 Section 41

Title: Adoption

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....may be prescribed for the placement of orphan, abandoned or surrendered children for adoption in accordance with the guidelines notified under sub-section (3): Provided that the children's homes and the institutions run by the State Government or a voluntary organisation for children in need of care and protection, who are orphan, abandoned or surrendered, shall ensure that these children are declared free for adoption by the Committee and all such cases shall be referred to the adoption agency in that district for placement of such children in adoption in accordance with the guidelines notified under sub-section (3).] ( 5) No child shall be offered for adoption-- (a) until two members of the Committee declare the child legally free for placement in the case of abandoned children, (b) till the two months period for reconsideration by the parent is over in the case of surrendered children, and (c) without his consent in the case of a child who can understand and express his consent. 1[(6)The court may allow a child to be given in adoption-- (a)to a person irrespective of marital status; or (b)to parents to adopt a child of same sex irrespective of the number of.....