Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, I936
1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be
called the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.
(2) 2[It
extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]:
Provided that the Central
Government may, in respect of 3[territories which, immediately
before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] by notification
in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this Act relating to the
constitution and powers of Parsi Matrimonial Courts and to appeals from the
decisions and orders of such Courts shall apply with such modifications as may
be specified in the notification:
4 [Providedfurther
that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union
territory of Pondicherry.]
(3) It shall come into
force on such date5 as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint.