1. Short title and extent
(1)
This Act may be called the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India [***] . .
Amendment notes (5)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-2-1960 . Subs by Act 48 of 1959, s. 3 and Sch. I, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-2-1960).
- omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
- inserted . In its application to Pondicherry, in section 1, after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted--
- "Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry." Vide (Act 26 of 1968).
- The Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I.