Gujarat Morning and Evening Family Court Rules, 2013

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    "title": "Gujarat Morning and Evening Family Court Rules, 2013",
    "short_title": "Gujarat Morning and Evening Family Court Rules, 2013",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. Gujarat Government",
    "act_year": 2013,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Gujarat Morning and Evening Family Court Rules, 2013",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, commencement and application.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Family Courts Act, 1984;\n(b) \"District Court\" means the Principal Court of original civil jurisdiction, established under Section 5 of The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869, in the district, where a Family Court has been established, under Section 3 of the Act and in relation to Family Court, Ahmedabad, it means City Civil Court, Ahmedabad;\n(c) \"Morning Family Court\" means the Court notified under Rule 3 of these Rules;\n(d) \"Morning Family Court Judge\" means a Judge appointed under Rule 4 of these rules to preside over the Morning Family Court;\n(e) \"Evening Family Court\" means the Court notified under Rule 3 of these Rules;\n(f) \"Evening Family Court Judge\" means a Judge appointed under Rule 4 of these rules to preside over the Evening Family Court;\n(g) \"High Court\" means the High Court of Gujarat;\n(h) \"Judge\" means the Judge or, as the case may be, the Principal Judge of a Family Court;\n(i) \"Principal District Judge\" means the Principal District Judge of the District Court in the district, where a Family Court has been established under Section 3 of the Act and includes the Principal Judge, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, in the case of Family Court, Ahmedabad.\n(j) \"Government\" means the Government of Gujarat,\n(k) \"Governor\" means the Governor of Gujarat;\n(l) \"Staff\" means any person or employee working on the establishment of the Family Court or District Court engaged under Section 6 of the Act and The Gujarat Family Courts Rules, 2001.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Establishment of Morning and Evening Family Courts.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Appointment of Judges.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Appointment of Members of Staff.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Services of Marriage Counselor.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Jurisdiction of Morning and Evening Family Court.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Sitting of Morning Family Court.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Working hours for Morning Family Court.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Sitting of Evening Family Court.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Working hours for Evening Family Court.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Remuneration for services in Morning or Evening Family Court.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Discontinuation of Service.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Supervision and Control.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Savings.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 5th November, 2019 [guj334]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part 4-C, No. 3, dated 16.1.2014",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2013",
        "Short Title": "Gujarat Morning and Evening Family Court Rules, 2013",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}