रजिस्ट्री सं० डी० एल०-33004/2003
REGISTERED NO . DL -33004/2003
भारत का राजपत्र The Gazette ofIndia
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II- खण्ड 1
PART II- Section 1
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
नई दिल्ली, मंगलवार, दिसम्बर 23 , 2003/ पोष 2,1925
सं॰ 64] No. 64]
NEW DELHI , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 , 2003/ PAUSA 2 , 1925
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके । Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 23rd December, 2003/Pausa 2, 1925 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 23rd December , 2003 and is hereby published for general information:-
THE MARRIAGE LAWS ( AMENDMENT) ACT , 2003
No. 50 OF 2003
[23rd December, 2003 ]
An Act further to amend the Special Marriage Act , 1954 and the Hindu Marriage Act , 1955 .
BF it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty - fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Short title .
1. This Act may be called the Marriage Laws ( Amendment) Act, 2003 .
CHAPTER II
AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954
43 of 1954.
Amendment of section 31 .
2. In the Special Marriage Act, 1954 ( hereinafter referred to as the Special Marriage Act) , in section 31 , in sub - section ( 1 ) , after clause ( iii) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely: --
"(iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner , where she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition ; or" .
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[PART II-SEC. 1 ] Amendment of section 39 .
3. In section 39 of the Special Marriage Act , in sub- section ( 4) , for the words "period of thirty days " , the words "period of ninety days " shall be substituted.
CHAPTER III
AMENDMENTS TO THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955
25 of 1955 .
Amendment of section 19 .
4. In the Hindu Marriage Act , 1955 ( hereinafter referred to as the Hindu Marriage Act), in section 19, in sub - section ( 1 ) , after clause ( iii) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely:-
"(iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner , where she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition , or " .
Amendmen of section 28 .
5. In section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act , in sub - section ( 4) , for the words " period of thirty days " , the words " period of ninety days " shall be substituted .
CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Transitory provision.
6. All decrees and orders made by the court in any proceedings under the Special Marriage Act or the Hindu Marriage Act shall be governed under the provisions contained in section 3 or section 5 , as the case may be , as if this Act came into operation atthe time of the institution of the suit;
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a decree or order in which the time for appealing has expired under the Special Marriage Act or the Hindu Marriage Act at the commencement of this Act .
T. K. VISWANATHAN , Secy. to the Govt . of India.
MGIPMRND-4442GI-30-12-2003 .