(2) Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to affect any right recognised by custom or conferred by any special enactment to obtain the dissolution of a Hindu marriage, whether solemnized before or after the commencement of this Act.
(3) Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any proceeding under any law for the time being in force for declaring any marriage to be null and void or for annulling or dissolving any marriage or for judicial separation pending at the commencement of this Act, and any such proceeding may be continued and determined as if this Act had not been passed.
(4) Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions contained in the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954) with respect to marriages between Hindus solemnized under that Act, whether before or after the commencement of this Act.
30. Repeals.—The Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal Act, 1946 (XXVIII of 1946), the Hindu Marriages Validity Act, 1949 (XXI of 1949), the Bombay Prevention of Hindu Bigamous Marriages Act, 1946 (Bombay Act XXV of 1946), the Bombay Hindu Divorce Act, 1947 (Bombay Act XXII of 1947), the Madras Hindu (Bigamy Prevention and Divorce) Act, 1949 (Madras Act VI of 1949), the Saurashtra Prevention of Hindu Bigamous Marriages Act, 1950 (Saurashtra Act V of 1950) and the Saurashtra Hindu Divorce Act, 1952 (Saurashtra Act XXX of 1952) are hereby repealed.
K. Y. BHANDARKAR,
Secy. to the Govt. of India.
PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE MANAGAR, GOVT. OF INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1955
