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In forceOrdinance NO. VIII OF 1961 · 2nd March ,1961

The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961

মুসলিম পারিবারিক আইন অধ্যাদেশ, ১৯৬১

An Ordinance to give effect to certain recommendations of the Commission on Marriage and Family Laws.

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Contents

  1. PreamblePreamble
  2. Section 1Short title, extent, application and commencement
  3. Section 2Definitions
  4. Section 3Ordinance to override other Laws, etc.
  5. Section 4Succession
  6. Section 5Registration of marriages
  7. Section 6Polygamy
  8. Section 7Talaq
  9. Section 8Dissolution of marriage otherwise than by talaq
  10. Section 9Maintenance
  11. Section 10Dower
  12. Section 11Power to make rules
  13. Section 11APlace of trial
  14. Section 12Amendment of Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (XIX of 1929)
  15. Section 13Amendment of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 (VIII of 1939)