Important provisions of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

 [Act 20 of 2019 ]   

[31st July, 2019]

An Act to protect the rights of married Muslim women and to prohibit divorce by pronouncing talaq by their husbands and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

(2) It shall extend to the whole of India.

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th day of September, 2018.

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(b) “Magistrate” means a Judicial Magistrate of the first class exercising jurisdiction under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), in the area where the married Muslim woman resides; and

(c) “talaq” means talaq-e-biddat or any other similar form of talaq having the effect of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce pronounced by a Muslim husband.

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THE MUSLIM WOMEN (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ON MARRIAGE) ACT, 2019

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