1.(1) This Act may be called the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, in the official Gazette, appoint.

2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1) "Chief Justice" includes senior Judge; (2) "Court" means a Court constituted under this Act; (3) to "desert", together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to desert the other party to a marriage without reasonable cause and without the consent, or against the will of such party; (4) "grievous hurt" means- (a) emasculation; (b) permanent privation of the sight of either eye; (c) permanent privation of the hearing of either ear; (d) privation of any member or joint; (e) destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint; (f) permanent disfiguration of the head or face; or (g) any hurt which endangers life; (5) "husband " means a Parsi husband; (6) "marriage" means a marriage between Parsis whether contracted before or after the commencement of this Act; (7) a "Parsi" means a Parsi Zoroastrian; (8) "priest" means a Parsi priest and includes Dastur and Mobed; and (9) "wife" means a Parsi wife.