Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, I936
40. Permanent alimony and maintenance
(1) Any Court
exercising jurisdiction under this Act may, at the time of passing any decree
or at any time subsequent thereto, on an application made to it for the purpose
by either the wife or the husband, order that the defendant shall pay to the
plaintiff for her or his maintenance and support, such gross sum or such
monthly or periodical sum, for a term not exceeding the life of the plaintiff
as having regard to the defendant's own income and other property, if any, the
income and other property of the plaintiff, the conduct of the parties and
other circumstances of the case, it may seem to the Court to be just, and any
such payment may be secured, if necessary, by a charge on the movable or
immovable property of the defendant.
(2) The Court if it is
satisfied that there is change in the circumstances of either party at any time
after it has made an order under sub-section (1), it may, at the instance of
either party, vary, modify or rescind any such order in such manner as the
Court may deem just.
(3) The Court if it is
satisfied that the partly in whose favor, an order has been made under this
section has remarried or, if such party is the wife, that she has not remained
chaste, or, if such party is the husband, that he had sexual intercourse with
any woman outside wedlock, it may, at the instance of the other party, vary,
modify or rescind any such order in such manner as the Court may deem just.]