The Hindu Married Women's Right to Separate Residence and Maintenance Act, 1946

( ACT NO. XIX OF 1946 )

[ 23rd April, 1946 ]
An Act to give Hindu married women a right to separate residence and maintenance under certain circumstances.

 
 
 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the right to separate residence and maintenance under certain circumstances in the case of Hindu married women;
 
 
 
 
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
 
 
 

CONTENTS

SECTIONS

1.Short title and extent

2.Grounds for claiming separate residence and maintenance

3.Amount of maintenance