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Muslim Family Laws Ordinance

MFLO 1961 § 8 — Dissolution of marriage otherwise than by talaq

This page reproduces the English text stored for section 8 of Muslim Family Laws Ordinance. The statute citation and data status are shown below.

Statutory text (English)

Where the right to divorce has been duly
delegated to the wife and she wishes to exercise that right, or where any of the parties to a marriage
wishes to dissolves the marriage otherwise than by talaq the provisions of section 7 shall, mutatis
mutandis and so far as applicable, apply.

Source and verification

Source citation: Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (Ord. VIII of 1961) s.8: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE MUSLIM FAMILY LAWS ORDINANCE, 1961' (Ord. No. VIII of 1961), p. 5, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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