Act Number: 20

Act Name: The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.

Year: 2019

Enactment Date: 2019-07-31

Long Title: An Act to protect the rights of married Muslim women and to prohibit divorce by pronouncing talaq by their husbands and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
     (2) It shall extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
     (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th day of September, 2018.
Notes:
*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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