ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1987
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1987
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section 6. Subsisting marriages deemed to be registered under this Enactment and dissoluble only under this Enactment.
(1) Nothing in this Enactment shall affect the validity of any Muslim marriage solemnized under any law wheresoever prior to the appointed date.
(2) Such marriage, if valid under the laws under which it was solemnized shall be deemed to be registered under this Enactment.
(3) Every such marriage, unless void under the law under which it was solemnized, shall continue until dissolved-
(a) by the death of one of the parties;
(b)
by such
talaq
as may be pronounced under this Enactment;
(c)
by order of a Court of competent jurisdiction;
or
(d)
by a declaration of nullity made by a Court of competent jurisdiction.
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