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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 SECTION 06: REPEAL OF SECTION 5 OF ACT 26 OF 1937 -[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1942 (25 of 1942), S. 2 and Sch.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