If a husband or wife shall have been continually absent from his or her wife or husband for the space of seven years, and shall not have been heard of as being alive within that time by those persons who would have naturally heard of him or her, had he or she been alive, the marriage of such husband or wife may, at the instance of either party thereto, be dissolved.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages.Section 4 · Remarriage when unlawful.Section 5 · Punishment of bigamy.Section 6 · Certificate and registry of marriage.Section 7 · Appointment of Registrar.Section 8 · Marriage register to be open for public inspection.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2020-04-22. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.