Bare Acts
Bare Acts with Rules, Regulations & Amendments
- Caste Disablities Removal Act, 1850
- Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
- Converts Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
- Divorce Act, 1869
- Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
- Married Women's Property Act, 1874
- Kazis Act, 1880
- Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
- Guardians and Wards Act, 1890
- Marriages Validation Act, 1892
- Anand Marriage Act, 1909
- Indian Succession Act, 1925
- Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
- Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
- Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
- Cutchi Memons Act, 1938
- Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
- Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1940
- Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1948
- Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriage) Act, 1948 (Repealed)
- Special Marriage Act, 1954
-
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Section 29 - Savings
- Section 30 - Repeals
- Section 1 - Short title and extent
- Section 2 - Application of Act
- Section 3 - Definitions
- Section 4 - Overriding effect of Act
- Section 5 - Conditions for a Hindu marriage
- Section 6 - Guardianship in marriage
- Section 7 - Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage
- Section 8 - Registration of Hindu marriages
- Section 9 - Restitution of conjugal rights
- Section 10 - Judicial separation
- Section 11 - Void marriages
- Section 12 - Voidable marriages
- Section 13 - Divorce
- Section 13-A. Alternate relief in divorce proceedings
- Section 13-B. Divorce by mutual consent
- Section 14 - No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage
- Section 15 - Divorced persons when may marry again
- Section 16 - Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages
- Section 17 - Punishment of bigamy
- Section 18 - Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for a Hindu marriage
- Section 19 - Court to which petition shall be presented
- Section 20 - Contents and verification of petitions
- Section 21-A Power to transfer petitions in certain cases
- Section 21-B Special provision relating to trial and disposal of petitions under the Act
- Section 21-C Documentary evidence
- Section 22 - Proceedings to be in camera and may not be printed or published
- Section 23 - Decree in proceedings
- Section 23-A Relief for respondent in divorce and other proceedings
- Section 24 - Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings
- Section 25 - Permanent alimony and maintenance
- Section 26 - Custody of children
- Section 27 - Disposal of property
- Section 28 - Appeals from decrees and orders
- Section 28-A Enforcement of decrees and orders
- Section 21 - Application of Act 5 of 1908
- Women's And Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956
- Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
- Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
- Married Women's Property (Extension) Act, 1959
- Hindu Marriage (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960
- Maternity Benefits Act, 1961
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
-
Family Courts Act, 1984
- Family Courts Rules Tamil Nadu Act, 1984
- Family Courts Rules, 1988
- Family Courts (Other Qualification for appointment of Judges) Rules, 1988
- Family Courts (GHC) Rules, 1989
- Assam Family Courts Rules, 1990
- Uttar Pradesh Family Courts Rules, 1995
- Tamil Nadu Family Courts (Procedure) Rules, 1996
- Family Courts (Patna High Court), 2000
- Family Courts (Amendment) Act, 2022
- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
- Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2018
- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
