MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 21st February, 2019
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 21st February, 2019, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE PERSONAL LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
NO. 6 OF 2019
[21st February, 2019.]
An Act further to amend the Divorce Act, 1869, the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019.