¹[In any suit for obtaining a dissolution of marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage instituted in a District Court, the Court may from time to time before making its decree, make such interim orders as it may deem proper] with respect to the custody, maintenance and education of the minor children, the marriage of whose parents is the subject of the suit,

---

and may, if it thinks fit, direct proceedings to be taken for placing such children under the protection of the court.

---

---

1. Subs. by Act 51 of 2001, s. 25, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

---

---