History of the Parsis : including their manners, customs, religion and present position : with coloured and other illustrations : in two volumes

APPENDIX B.

THE PARSI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ACT 1865,

ACT No. XV. of 1865.

THE following Act of the Governor-General of India in Council received the assent of His Excellency the Governor-General on the 7th April 1865, and is hereby promulgated for general information :—

An Act to define and amend the law relating to Marriage and Dwworce among the Parsis.

Whereas the Parsi community has represented the necessity of defining and amending the law relating to marriage and divorce among Parsis, and whereas it is expedient that such law should be made conformable to the customs of the said community, it is enacted as follows :—

Preamble.

I.— PRELIMINARY.

I. This Act may be cited as “The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1865.”

II. In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context—

Words in the singular number include the Number. plural, and words in the plural number include the singular,

“Priest ” means a Parsi priest, and includes Dastur and Mobed.

Short title.

Interpretation clause.

“ Priest.”