In force
The Family Courts Act, 1984
16 sections · As amended up to 2026-08
Sections
- 0Section 0
- I — PRELIMINARY
- 1Short title, extent and commencement
- 2Definitions
- II — FAMILY COURTS
- 3Establishment of Family Courts
- 4Appointment of Judges
- 6Counsellors, officers and other employees of Family Courts
- III — JURISDICTION
- 7Jurisdiction
- IV — PROCEDURE
- 9Duty of Family Court to make efforts for settlement
- 10Procedure generally
- 15Record of oral evidence
- 16Evidence of formal character on affidavit
- 18Execution of decrees and orders
- V — 1 [APPEALS AND REVISIONS]
- 19Appeal
- VI — MISCELLANEOUS
- 21Power of High Court to make rules
- 22Power of the Central Government to make rules
- 23Power of the State Government to make rules