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The Divorce Act, 1869

54 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1That the said A.B . has for some years carried on the business of , at
  3. 2Extent of Act
  4. 3I admit that I am entitled under the will of my father, subject to the life-interest of my mother th
  5. 4And, in further answer to the said petition, I say that I have no income whatever except that derive
  6. 5That no collusion or connivance exists between your petitioner and the said A.B ., with respect to the subject of the present suit
  7. 6Pending suits
  8. 8Extraordinary jurisdiction of High Court
  9. 9Reference to High Court
  10. 12Court to be satisfied of absence of collusion
  11. 13Dismissal of petition
  12. 14Power to court to pronounce decree for dissolving marriage
  13. 15Relief in case of opposition on certain grounds
  14. 16Decrees for dissolution to be
  15. 18Petition for decree of nullity
  16. 19Grounds of decree
  17. 21Children of annulled marriage
  18. 22Bar to decree for divorce a
  19. 23Application for separation made by petition
  20. 24Separated wife deemed spinster with respect to after-acquired property
  21. 25Separated wife deemed spinster for purposes of contract and suing
  22. 26Decree of Separation obtained during absence of husband or wife may be reversed
  23. 27Deserted wife may apply to court for protection
  24. 28Court may grant protection-order
  25. 29Discharge or variation of orders
  26. 30Liability of husband seizing wife's property after notice of order
  27. 31Wife's legal position during continuance of order
  28. 32Petition for restitution of conjugal rights
  29. 33Answer to petition
  30. 36Alimony
  31. 37Power to order permanent alimony
  32. 38Court may direct payment of alimony to wife or to her trustee
  33. 40Inquiry into existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements
  34. 41Power to make orders as to custody of children in suit for separation
  35. 42Power to make such orders after decree
  36. 43Power to make orders as to custody of children in suits for dissolution or nullity
  37. 44Power to make such orders after decree or confirmation
  38. 45Code of Civil Procedure to apply
  39. 46Forms of petitions and statements
  40. 47Petition to state absence of collusion
  41. 48Suits on behalf of lunatics
  42. 49Suits by minors
  43. 50Service of petition
  44. 51Mode of taking evidence
  45. 52Competence of husband and wife to give evidence as to cruelty or desertion
  46. 53Power to close doors
  47. 54Power to adjourn
  48. 55Enforcement of, and appeal from, orders and decree
  49. 56Appeal to the Supreme Court
  50. 58English clergyman not compelled to solemnize marriages of persons divorced for adultery
  51. 59English Minister refusing to perform ceremony to permit use of his Church
  52. 60Decree for separation or protection-order valid as to persons dealing with wife before reversal
  53. 61Bar of suit for criminal conversation
  54. 62Power to make rules