FAMILY COURT ACT, 1984

FAMILY COURT ACT, 1984

Chapter III     Jurisdiction

7.Jurisdiction

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a Family Court shall. –

(a) Have and exercise all the jurisdiction exercisable by any district court or any subordinate civil court under any law for the time being in force in respect of suits and proceeding of the nature referred to in the explanation; and

(b) Be deemed, for the purposes of exercising such jurisdiction under such law to be a district court or, as the case may be, such subordinate civil court for the area to which the jurisdiction of the Family Court extends.

Explanation. – The suits and proceedings referred to in this sub-section are suits and proceedings of the following nature, namely:

(a) A suit or proceeding between the parties to a marriage for a decree of nullity of marriage declaring the marriage to be null and void or, as the case may be, annulling the marriage) or restitution of conjugal rights or judicial separation or dissolution of marriage;

(b) A suit or proceeding for a declaration as to the validity of a marriage or a, to the matrimonial status of any person;

(c) A suit or proceeding between the parties to a marriage with respect to the property of the parties or of either of them;

(d) A suit or proceeding for all order or injunctions in circumstances arising out of a marital relationship;

(e) A suit or proceeding for a declaration as to the legitimacy of any person;

(f) A suit or proceeding for maintenance,

(g) A suit or proceeding in relation to the guardianship of the person or the custody or, or access to, any minor.

(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a Family Court shall also have all exercise-

(a) The jurisdiction exercisable by a Magistrate of the First Class under Chapter IX (relating to order for maintenance of wife. children and parents) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); and

(b). Such other jurisdictions as may be conferred on it by any other enactment.