Act Number: 43

Act Name: The Special Marriage Act, 1954

Year: 1954

Enactment Date: 1954-10-09

Long Title: An Act to provide a special form of marriage in certain cases, for the registration of such and certain other marriages and for divorce.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 36: Alimony pendente lite.
    Where in any proceeding under Chapter V or Chapter VI it appears to the district court that the wife has no independent income sufficient for her support and the necessary expenses of the proceeding, it may, on the application of the wife, order the husband to pay to her the expenses of the proceeding, and weekly or monthly during the proceeding such sum as having regard to the husband's income, it may seem to the court to be reasonable.
     1[Provided that the application for the payment of the expenses of the proceeding and such weekly or monthly sum during the proceeding under Chapter V or Chapter VI, shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within sixty days from the date of service of notice on the husband.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 49 of 2001, s. 6 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001).
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