Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Divorce Act, 1869

Year: 1869

Enactment Date: 1869-01-26

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.�

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 30: Liability of husband seizing wife’s property after notice of order.
If the husband, or any creditor of, or person claiming under, the husband, seizes or continues to hold any property of the wife after notice of any such order, he shall be liable, at the suit of the wife (which she is hereby empowered to bring), to return or deliver to her the specific property, and also to pay her a sum equal to double its value.
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