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
2[(iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner, where 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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1. Subs. by Act 68 of 1976, s. 12, for s. 19 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).
2. Ins. by Act 50 of 2003, s. 4 (w.e.f. 23-12-2003).
Section 13A Alternate relief in divorce proceedings
Section 13B Divorce by mutual consent
Section 14 No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage
Section 15 Divorced persons when may marry again
Section 16 Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages
Section 17 Punishment of bigamy
Section 18 Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for a Hindu marriage