Indian Divorce Act, 1869
17A.Appointment of officer to exercise duties
of King's Proctor
The government of the State within which any High Court exercises
jurisdiction, may appoint an officer who shall, within the jurisdiction of the
High Court in that State, have the like right of showing cause why a decree for
the dissolution of marriage should not be made absolute or should not be
confirmed, as the case may be, as is exercisable in England by King's Proctor;
and the said government may make rules regulating the manner in which the right
shall be exercised and all matters incidental to or consequential on any
exercise of the right. ]] 16[* * *]