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 5: Subsistence allowance.
    Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in any other law for the time being in force, a married Muslim woman upon whom talaq is pronounced shall be entitled to receive from her husband such amount of subsistence allowance, for her and dependent children, as may be determined by the Magistrate.
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