बस्किम ब्रष्नावली THE MATRIMONIAL PENAL CODE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Whereas it is expedient to provide a special Penal Code for the coercion of refractory husbands and others who dispute the supreme authority of Woman, it is hereby enacted as follows: 1. This Act shall be entitled the 'Matrimonial Penal Code' and shall take effect on all natives of India in the married state. CHAPTER II. DEFINITIONS. 2. A husband is a piece of moving and moveable property at the absolute disposal of a woman. ILLUSTRATIONS. (a) A trunk or a workbox is not a husband, as it is not a moving, though a moveable piece of property. (b) Cattle are not husbands, for though capable of locomotion, they cannot be at the absolute disposal of any woman, as they often display a will of their own. (c) Men in the married state, having no will of their own, are husbands. 3. A wife is a woman having the right of property in a husband. EXPLANATIONS. The right of property includes the right of flagellation. 4. The married state' is a state of penance into which men voluntarily enter for sins committed in a previous life. प्राकाऊ प्रश्ख्बथद्ध उठाछेन 한 সত্ৰীদিগের অবাধ্য স্বামী প্রভৃতির সশাসনের জন্য এক বিশেষ আইন করা উচিত, এই কারণ নিম্পেন্ন লিখিতমত আইন করা গেল। ১ ধারা। এই আইন “দাম্পপত্য দন্ডবিধির আইন” নামে খ্যাত হইবে। ভারতবষীয় যে কোন দেশী বিবাহিত পরিষের উপর ইহার বিধান খাটিবে। छङ्ख्ीन्न ख्प्रशाझ अक्षण बाधा ২ ধারা। কোন সন্ত্রীলোকের সম্পণে অধীন যে সচল অস্থাবর সম্পত্তি, তাহাকে স্বামী दी याध । 8
