Section 29
Court in which suits to be brought.
The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
About this Act
An Act to amend the law relating to marriage and divorce among Parsis.
(1) All suits instituted under this Act shall be brought in
the Court within the limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant resides at the time of the institution of the
suit 1[or where the marriage under this Act was solemnized.]
(2) When the defendant shall at such time have left 2[the territories to which this Act extends] such suit shall be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff and defendant last resided together.
(3) In any case, whether the defendant resides in 2[the territories to which this Act extends] or not, such suit may be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff resides or at the place where the plaintiff and the defendant last resided together, if such Court, after recording its reasons in writing, grants leave so to do.
(2) When the defendant shall at such time have left 2[the territories to which this Act extends] such suit shall be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff and defendant last resided together.
(3) In any case, whether the defendant resides in 2[the territories to which this Act extends] or not, such suit may be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff resides or at the place where the plaintiff and the defendant last resided together, if such Court, after recording its reasons in writing, grants leave so to do.
Notes
1. Added by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-4-1988).
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for "Part A States and Part C States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for "Part A States and Part C States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).