THE HINDU MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964
No. 44 of 1964
An Act further to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be calledShort title. the Hindu Marriage (Amendment) Act, 1954,
2. In section 13Amendment of section 13. of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955,—
(i) in subsection (1),—
(a) the word "or" at the end of clause (vii) shall be omitted; and
(b) clauses (viii) and (ix) shall be omitted;
(ii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
"(1A) Either party to a marriage, whether solemnized before or after the commencement of this Act, may also present a petition for the dissolution of the marriage by a decree of divorce on the ground—
(i) that there has been no resumption of cohabitation as between the parties to the marriage for a period of two years or upwards after the passing of a decree for judicial separation in a proceeding to which they were parties; or
(ii) that there has been no restitution of conjugal rights as between the parties to the marriage for a period of two years or upwards after the passing of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights in a proceeding to which they were parties.".
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