Family Courts Act, 1984
21. Power of High Court to make rules
(1) The High Court may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, make such rules as it may deem necessary for carrying out the
purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to
the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of
the following matters, namely,-
(a) normal working
hours of Family Courts and holding of sittings of Family Courts on holidays and
outside normal working hours;
(b) holding of
sittings of Family Courts at places other than their ordinary places of
sitting;
(c) efforts which may
be made by, and the procedure which may be followed by, a Family Court for
assisting and persuading parties to arrive at a settlement.