

Ii) in any other case, the Union Council of the union or Town where the person pouncing the talaq is permanently residing in West Pakistan and I) in case such wife was at any time residing with the person pronouncing the talaq in any part of West Pakistan, Union Council or the Union or Town where such wife so last resided with such person and Provided that if at the time of pronouncement of talaq such wife was not residing in any part of West Pakistan, the union Council that shall have jurisdiction shall be:– (b) in the case of a notice of talaq under sub-section (1) of section 7, it shall be the Union Council of the Union or Town in which the wife in relation to whom talaq has been pronounced was residing at the time of the pronouncement to talaq Ii) in any other case, the Union Council of the union or Town where the applicant is permanently residing in West Pakistan

I) in case such wife was at any time residing with the applicant in any part of West Pakistan, the union Council of the Union or Town where such wife so last resided with the applicant and Provided that if at the time of making the application, such wife is not residing in any part of West Pakistan, the union council that shall have jurisdiction shall be:. (a) in the case of an application to contract another marriage under ‘subsection (2) of section 6, it shall be the Union Council of the Union or Town in which the existing wife of the applicant, or where the husband has more wives than one, the wife with whom the applicant was married last, is residing at the time of his making the application The Union Council which shall have jurisdiction in the matter for purpose of clause (d) of section 2, shall be as follows namely: – (d) ‘Section’ means a section of the Ordinance.ģ.

(c) ‘Register’ means a register of Nikah Namas prescribed under rule 8 and (b) ‘Ordinance’ means the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (VIII of 1961 (a) ‘Form’ means a form appended to these rules In these rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context: These rules may be called the West Pakistan Rules under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961.Ģ. In exercise of powers conferred by section 11 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (VIII of 1961), the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make the following rules, namely:ġ. WEST PAKISTAN RULES UNDER MUSLIM FAMILY LAWS
