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federal law · 1961

Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (MFLO 1961)

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Qanoon publishes entries from its local law bundle and does not assume a code is complete simply because it appears in this catalogue. The ingestion and verification status for this code is pending_verification. Source note: Ordinance VIII of 1961; Pakistan Code — PENDING VERIFICATION (provincial amendments post-18th Amendment pending) Bulk auto-transcription 2026-09-15 (v4): FULL Ordinance ingested — all 13 sections from the official consolidated PDF (pp. 2-4). s.6 (polygamy) placeholder upgraded to full official text with hand-written penalty spec (s.6(5): simple imprisonment up to 1 year, or fine up to PKR 5,000, or both); s.7 (talaq) penalty spec from s.7(2)-(3). Text status: auto_transcribed_verified_source (human re-check…

Section index

  1. § 1 — Short title, extent, application and commencement
  2. § 2 — Definitions
  3. § 3 — Ordinance to override other laws, etc
  4. § 4 — Succession
  5. § 5 — Registration of marriages
  6. § 6 — Polygamy
  7. § 7 — Talaq
  8. § 8 — Dissolution of marriage otherwise than by talaq
  9. § 9 — Maintenance
  10. § 10 — Dower
  11. § 11 — Power to make rules

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