- If the bridegroom is
under the age of 18 and the bride is under the age of 21 then according to
Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, the bride, bridegroom and the
guardians of both parties is liable to be punished with imprisonment and
fine.
- Not registering the
marriage is an offence under Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, 1974. If it
is not performed by you, do it immediately.
- Asking for dowry or
taking dowry before or after the marriage is a punishable offence. Under
the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1980 and also under Women and Children Act,
1995 commission of such offence is a punishable act.
- Dower is the respect to
your wife, which is her absolute right. In whatever social status the
husband is maintaining, the liability of dower remains forever, if the
wife doesn't wave it. So be free from liability by clearing the dower.
- The husband must has to
clear the dower, may be wife executes the divorce.
- If the husband died
failing to clear the dower, it will be cleared from the husband's property
according to the inheritance of Muslim law.
- Oral divorce is a penal
offence. According to the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, the written
notice of divorce will be sent to the opposite party and the
mayor/chairman of the Union/municipal/city Corporation. This divorce will
not take into effect before ninety days. Between these period if the
husband and wife mutual each other the divorce will not take into effect.
- In whatever form divorce
is given, the divorce will not take into effect immediately. Don't believe
in the so-called fatwa.
- The delegation of the
power of divorce by wife is called talaq-e-tafbiz which is mentioned in
the form of marriage register. The effect of the marriage by wife is the
same as given by husband.
- If you fail to give
maintenance to your wife and children, your wife can sue against you in
the court of law.
- In every district there
is a Family Court established under the Family Laws Ordinance, 1985 for
disposing off the case of divorce, dower, maintenance, guardianship,
restitution of conjugal life.
- Women and Children Act,
1995 has provided the exemplary punishment for torturing the woman and
children, rape of women and child, killing etc.
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