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Section 32A: Non-resumption of cohabitation or restitution of conjugal rights within one year in pursuance of a decree to be ground for divorce.

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

[32A. Non-resumption of cohabitation or restitution of conjugal rights within one year in pursuance of a decree to be ground for divorce.(1) Either party to a marriage, whether solemnized before or after the commencement of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988 (5 of 1988), may sue for divorce also on the ground,

(i) that there has been no resumption of cohabitation as between the parties to the marriage for a period of one year or upwards after the passing of a decree for judicial separation in a proceeding to which they were parties; or

(ii) that there has been no restitution of conjugal rights as between the parties to the marriage for a period of one year or upwards after the passing of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights in a proceeding to which they were parties.

(2) No decree for divorce shall be granted under sub-section (1) if the plaintiff has failed or neglected to comply with an order for maintenance passed against him under section 40 of this Act or section 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5of 1898) or section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).

Where this provision sits

ActThe Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
Section32A
Marginal noteNon-resumption of cohabitation or restitution of conjugal rights within one year in pursuance of a decree to be ground for divorce.
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.

  • inserted. . Ins. by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-4-1988).

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