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Section 19 Hindu Marriage Act — Court to which petition shall be presented

The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 · Official PDF page 12

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5[19. Court to which petition shall be presented .—Every petition under this Act shall be presented to the district court within the local limits of whose ordinary original civil jurisdiction:—

(i) the marriage was solemnized, or

(ii) the respondent, at the time of the presentation of the petition, resides, or

(iii) the parties to the marriage last resided together, or 6[(iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner, wher e she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition, or]

(iv) the petitioner is residing at the time of the presentation of the petition, in a case where the respondent is at that time, residing outside the territories to which this Act extends, or has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by those persons who would naturally have heard of him if he were alive.]

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