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 50: Service of petition.
    Every petition under this Act shall be served on the party to be affected thereby, either within or without 1[India], in such manner as the High Court by general or special order from time to time directs.
         Provided that the court may dispense with such service altogether in case it seems necessary or expedient so to do.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for the Provinces, which had been substituted by the A.O. 1948, for "British India".
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