Family and Personal Law
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
Act 20 of 2019 · 8 sections
Practise questions on Muslim Law
Title, date and preamble
[As on the 1st July,2026]
SECTIONS
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Talaq to be void and illegal.
4. Punishment for pronouncing talaq.
5. Subsistence allowance.
6. Custody of minor children.
7. Offence to be cognizable, compoundable, etc.
8. Repeal and savings.
[31st July, 2019.]
An Act to protect the rights of married Muslim women and to prohibit divorce by pronouncing talaq by
their husbands and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—