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Section 27A: Alternative relief in divorce proceedings
1[27A. Alternative relief in divorce proceedings.– In any proceeding under this Act, on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, except insofar as the petition is founded on the ground mentioned in clause (h) of sub-section (1) of section 27, the court may, if it considers it just so to do having regard to the circumstances of the case, pass instead a decree for judicial separation.]
Amendment notes (numbers in square brackets in the text above):
- 1. Ins. by Act 68 of 1976, s. 28 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).
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