Section 24: Appointment of delegates — Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936

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24. Appointment of delegates.__ (1) The 1[Provincial Governments] shall, in 2[* * *] districts subject to their respective governments, respectively appoint persons to be delegates to aid in the adjudication of cases arising under this Act, after giving the local Parsis an opportunity of expressing their opinion in such manner as the respective Governments may think fit. (2) The persons so appointed shall be Parsis, their names shall be published in the 3[official Gazette] and their number shall, within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court, be not more than thirty, and in districts beyond such limits, not more than twenty.

Effective date: 1936-01-01

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Section 23: Court seals. A seal shall be made for every Court constituted under this Act, and all Section 25: Power to appoint new delegates. The appointment of a delegate shall be for ten years;Section 22: [Certain districts to be within jurisdiction of the Chief Matrimonial Court.] Omitted by A Section 26: Delegates to be deemed public servants. All delegates appointed under this Act shall be Section 21: Power to alter territorial jurisdiction of District Courts. The 3[Provincial Section 27: Selection of delegates under section 20 to be from those appointed under section 24

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