Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936

Year: 1936

Enactment Date: 1936-04-23

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to marriage and divorce among Parsis.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 19: Parsi Chief Matrimonial Courts.
        The Court so constituted in each of the Presidency-towns shall be entitled the Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be. The local limits of the jurisdiction of a Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court shall be coterminous with the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court. The Chief Justice of the High Court, or such other Judge of the same Court as the Chief Justice shall from time to time appoint shall be the Judge of such Matrimonial Court, and, in the trial of cases under this Act, he shall be aided 1[by five delegates, except in regard to—
             (a) interlocutory applications and proceedings;
             (b) alimony and maintenance, both permanent as well as pendente lite;
             (c) custody, maintenance and education of children; and
             (d) all matters and proceedings other than the regular hearing of cases.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 5 of 1988, s. 4, for "by seven delegates" (w.e.f. 15-4-1988).
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