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Section 29: Court in which suits to be brought.

The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936Central Act · Act 3 of 1936

(1) All suits instituted under this Act shall be brought in the Court within the limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant resides at the time of the institution of the suit [or where the marriage under this Act was solemnized.]

(2) When the defendant shall at such time have left [the territories to which this Act extends] such suit shall be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff and defendant last resided together.

(3) In any case, whether the defendant resides in [the territories to which this Act extends] or not, such suit may be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff resides or at the place where the plaintiff and the defendant last resided together, if such Court, after recording its reasons in writing, grants leave so to do.

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ActThe Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
Section29
Marginal noteCourt in which suits to be brought.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • added. . Added by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-4-1988).
  • substituted, Act 3 of 1951. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for "Part A States and Part C States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).

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