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Divorce Act, 1869 Section 40

Title: Inquiry into Existence of Ante-nuptial or Post-nuptial Settlements

State: Central

Year: 1869

1[ The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into" ]the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit: Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Section 9

Title: Husband not liable for wife's ante-nuptial debts

State: Central

Year: 1874

A husband married after the thirty-first day of December, 1865 sh all not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the debts of hi s wife contracted before marriage, but the wife sh all be liable to be sued for, and sh all, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to satisfy such debts as if he had continued unmarried: Provided that nothing contained in this section sh all1[* * *] invalidate any contract into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in consideration of hi s wife's ante-nuptial debts. _______________________ 1. The words "affect any suit instituted before the passing of this Act, not" rep . b y Act 12 of 1891 , Sec. 2 and Sch. I.

Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 10

Title: Settlements

State: Central

Year: 1869

[Rep. by the Indian Dovorce (Amendment) Act, 2001 (51 of 2001), section 23 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001)]. Section 40 - Inquiry into existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements 1[ The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into" ]the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit: Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

Indian Divorce Act, 1869 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1869

.....upon certain Courts jurisdiction matters matrimonial; It is hereby enacted as follows :-I-PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT OF ACT This Act may be called the3[***] Divorce Act and shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1869. SECTION 02: EXTENT OF ACT 4 [This Act extends to the whole of India5[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir].] Extent of power to grant relief generally,6[Nothing hereinafter contained shall authorise any Court to grant any relief under this Act except where the petitioner7[or respondent] professes the Christian religion. and to make decrees of dissolution, or to make decrees of dissolution of marriage except where the parties to the marriage are domiciled in India at the time when the petition is presented, or of nullity or to make decrees of nullity of marriage except where the marriage has been solemnized in India and the petitioner is resident in India at the time of presenting the petition, or to grant any relief under this Act, other than a decree of dissolution of marriage or of nullity of marriage, except where the petitioner resides in India at the time of presenting the petition.] SECTION 03: INTERPRETATION.....

The Jharkhand Conduct of Examinations Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2001

.....taking English version of preceding Ordinance and translating wherever necessary. Please refer to Hindi text in the event of any controversy. This Act enacted by the State of Bihar has been adapted by the State of Jharkhand by Notification No. 05/ ??? 2001-84 dated 7.3.2001 (See text reproduced above).) in the Thirty second Year of the Republic of India as follows: Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Jharkhand Conduct of Examinations Act, 2001. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Jharkhand. (3) It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or context." (I) "recognised examination" means any of the examinations enumerated in the schedule as also examination held under the authority of the State Government or by any body constituted under State enactments; and includes evaluation, tabulation, publication of results and all matters connected with the examination and publication of results; and (II) "unfair means" means in relation to any examination shall mean taking or giving or attempting to take or give help from any material written or.....

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1874

.....married before 1st January 1866; secondly to declare that a married woman may sue in her own name for any property which by force of the Succession Act, or the proposed Act, is her separate property; thirdly, to relieve the husband of a wife married after the 31st December 1865, from her ante-nuptial debts; and, lastly, to declare that any person entering into a contract with a wife (otherwise than as her husband's agent), shall be entitled to sue her, and, to the extent of her separate property, to recover against her whatever he might have recovered had she been unmarried. Clause 4 (as to a wife's wages and earnings) is equivalent to the Married Women's Property Act (33 and 34 Vic., Chap. 93) section one. Clause 6 is copied from the first paragraph of section ten of that Act. It declares that any married woman may effect a policy of insurance on her own life or on her husband's life, on her own behalf, and that the amount assured shall be her separate property. As the law stands, if a wife effects such a policy (otherwise than out of her separate estate), and dies in her husband's lifetime, the husband, in the capacity of her administrator, becomes the absolute owner of the.....

The Orissa Conduct of Examinations Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1988

THE ORISSA CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS ACT, 1988 THE ORISSA CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS ACT, 1988 ORISSA ACT 2 OF 1988 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE SECTIONS 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Prohibition of use of unfair means at examinations 4. Restriction on coples of question paper and offer of information 5. Prevention of leakage by person entrusted with examination work 6. Restriction of fake papers 7. Prohibition of loitering, etc. near Examination Centre, etc. 8. Refusal of duties connected with examination prohibited 9. Penalty 10. Investigation, etc. 11. Effect of other laws SCHEDULE [THE ORISSA CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS ACT, 1988] [For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Orissa Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 26th February, 1988 (No. 367).] ORISSA ACT 2 OF 1988 [Received the assent of the Governor on the 11th March 1988, first published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 11th March 1988] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR FINAL ACTION FOR ADOPTION OF UNFAIR MEANS AT CERTAIN EXAMINATIONS HELD IN THE STATE AND OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Thirty-ninth.....

Education Act, 1983 Chapter 4

Title: Examinations and Prevention of Malpractices Etc.

State: Karnataka

Year: 1983

.....of any such person. Section 27 - Alteration of the answers written at an examination, etc. No person shall,- (a) save in accordance with the rules or orders governing the conduct of an examination,- (i) change, modify, vary or alter the answers written by an examinee at such examination; or (ii) introduce additional answer books or sheets into an answer script or remove or substitute the answer scripts or any part thereof; (b) intentionally or knowingly,- (i) make incorrect entries in an answer script or marks register or marks card; or (ii) total or retotal wrongly the marks obtained by any candidate; or (iii) feed wrong data to the computer, intending thereby to wrongfully increase or decrease the marks awarded or to be awarded to the examinee at an examination. Section 28 - Duty of employees of educational institutions to do examination work Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in any contract or any judgment, decree or order of any court or tribunal, it shall be the duty of every officer, teacher or other employee of every educational institution and every person in the service or pay of or remunerated by any.....

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Complete Act

Title: MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874

State: Central

Year: 1874

Preamble1 - MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Chapter I Section1 - Short title Section2 - Extent and application Section3 - Commencement [Repealed] Chapter II Section4 - Married women's earnings to be their separate property Chapter III Section5 - Married women may effect policy of insurance Section6 - Insurance by husband for benefit of wife Chapter IV Section7 - Married women may take legal proceedings Section8 - Wife's liability for post-nuptial debts Chapter V Section9 - Husband not liable for wife's ante-nuptial debts ChapterVI - HUSBAND'S LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF TRUST OF DEVASTATION Section10 - Extent of husband's liability for wife's breach of trust or devastation

Divorce Act, 1869 Complete Act

Title: Divorce Act, 1869

State: Central

Year: 1869

Preamble1 - DIVORCE ACT, 1869 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title, commencement of the Act Section2 - Extent of Act Section3 - Interpretation-clause Chapter 2 Section4 - Matrimonial jurisdiction of High Courts to be exercised subject to Act-Exception Section5 - Enforcement of decrees or orders made heretofore by Supreme Court or High Court Section6 - Pending suits Section7 - Court to act on principles of English Divorce Court(Repealed) Section8 - Extraordinary jurisdiction of High Court Section9 - Reference to High Court Chapter 3 Section10 - Grounds for dissolution of marriage Section10A - Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent Section11 - Adulterer or adulteress to be co-respondent Section12 - Court to be satisfied of absence of collusion Section13 - Dismissal of petition Section14 - Power to court to pronounce decree for dissolving marriage Section15 - Relief in case of opposition on certain grounds Section16 - Decrees for dissolution to be nisi Section17 - Power of High Court to remove certain suits Section17A - Appointment of officer to exercise duties of King's Proctor (Repealed) Chapter 4 Section18 - Petition for decree of nullity Section19 - Grounds of.....