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Section 32B: Divorce by mutual consent.

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

[32B. Divorce by mutual consent.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a suit for divorce may be filed by both the parties to a marriage together, whether such marriage was solemnized before or after the commencement of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988 (5 of 1988), on the ground that they have been living separately for a period of one year or more, that they have not been able to live together and that they have mutually agreed that the marriage should be dissolved:

Provided that no suit under this sub-section shall be filed unless at the date of the filing of the suit one year has lapsed since the date of the marriage.

(2) The Court shall, on being satisfied, after hearing the parties and after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, that a marriage has been solemnized under this Act and the averments in the plaint are true and that the consent of either party to the suit was not obtained by force or fraud, pass a decree declaring the marriage to be dissolved with effect from the date of the decree.]

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ActThe Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
Section32B
Marginal noteDivorce by mutual consent.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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