Section 19 — Appeal.

19. Appeal.—(1) Save as provided in sub-section (2) and notwithstanding anything contained in the 

Code of Civil Procedure,1908 (5 of 1908) or in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or in 

any other law, an appeal shall lie from every judgment or order, not being an interlocutory order, of a 

Family Court to the High Court both on facts and on law. 

(2) No appeal shall lie from a decree or order passed by the Family Court with the consent of the 

parties 
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[or from an order passed under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974): 

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any appeal pending before a High Court or 

any order passed under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) before the 

commencement of the Family Courts (Amendment) Act, 1991 (59 of 1991).] 

(3) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of 

the judgment or order of a Family Court. 

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[(4) The High Court may, of its own motion or otherwise, call for and examine the record of any 

proceeding in which the Family Court situate within its jurisdiction passed an order under Chapter IX of 

the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the correctness, 

legality or propriety of the order, not being an interlocutory order, and as to the regularity of such 

proceeding.] 

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[(5)] Except as aforesaid, no appeal or revision shall lie to any court from any judgment, order or 

decree of a Family Court. 

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