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The 1939 act (Act No. 8 of 1939) is meant to consolidate and clarify the provisions of Muslim Law relating to suits for dissolution of marriage brought by women married under Muslim Law. The act received assent of the Governor-General on 17 March 1939. [3] In Muslim law, the wife can claim divorce under extrajudicial or judicial modes.
Section 5 of the Shariat Act of 1937 concerns Muslim women seeking divorce. Section 5 was subsequently deleted and replaced by Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939. Muslim women can seek divorce in a court of law. A woman can ask for divorce in the following circumstances: if whereabouts of the husband has not been known for four years
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. [1] Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganising of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.
Sen. Tillis honored the values of the majority of North Carolinians by voting to protect marriage rights. | Letters to the editor
Article III, Section 7, of the Constitution of North Carolina stipulates the popular election of the secretary of state every four years. The office holder is not subject to term limits. In the event of a vacancy in the office, the Governor of North Carolina has the authority to appoint a successor until a candidate is elected at the next ...
My NC family is grateful to Senators Tillis and Burr for protecting same-sex marriage. | Letters to the editor
North Carolina’s lieutenant governor has a seat on the State Board of Education and a tie-breaking vote in the NC Senate, but there’s little else to the job other than the pulpit it provides.
The Constitution of the State of North Carolina governs the structure and function of the state government of North Carolina, one of the United States; it is the highest legal document for the state and subjugates North Carolina law. (Like all U.S. state constitutions, it is still subject to federal judicial review.) The first North Carolina ...