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(e) has been guilty of wilful neglect to provide reason- able maintenance for her or her infant children whom he is legally liable to maintain;

(f) has, while suffering from a venereal disease, and knowing that he was so suffering, insisted on having sexual intercourse with her;

(g) has compelled her to submit herself to prostitution; (h) is a habitual drunkard, or a drug addict,

may apply to a magistrate for an order under this Ordinance. Where the husband has, in the opinion of the magistrate, been guilty of such conduct as was likely to result and has resulted in her submitting herself to prostitution, he shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have compelled her so to submit herself.

4. The husband of every married woman who-

Grounds on which the

(a) has been guilty of persistent cruelty to his children; husband of (b) is a habitual drunkard or a drug addict,

may apply to a magistrate for an order under this Ordinance.

a married woman may apply for an order.

2 Edw. 7, c 28, s. 5 (2),

15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 51,

s. 1 (3).

5. On any application under section 3 or 4, the magis- Fowers of trate may make one or more orders containing all or any

Magistrate. of the following provisions :---

58 & 59 Vict., c. 39, s. 5.

(a) that the applicant be no longer bound to cohabit with 10 & 11 Geo. her husband, or, as the case may be, that the applicant be 5, c. 63, s. 1. no longer bound to cohabit with his wife (which provision while in force shall have the effect of a decree of judicial separation on the ground of cruelty);

(b) that the legal custody of any children of the marriage be committed to the husband, or to his wife;

(c) that the husband shall pay to his wife, or to the magistrate's clerk or any third person on her behalf, such weekly sum, not exceeding fifty dollars, as the magistrate having regard to the means both of the husband and his wife considers reasonable;

(d) that the husband shall pay to his wife, or to the magistrate's clerk or any third person on her behalf, such weekly sum not exceeding ten dollars for the maintenance of each child of the marriage committed to her custody under paragraph (b) until such child attains the age of sixteen years;

(e) a provision for payment by the husband or his wife, or both of them, of such reasonable costs of the parties or either of them as the magistrate may think fit.

6.—(1) No order shall be made under this Ordinance Limitation of if it is proved that the applicant has committed an act of powers of

magistrate. adultery:

58 & 59

s. 6.

Provided that the husband, or as the case may be, the Vict., c. 39, wife, of the applicant has not condoned, or connived at, or 15 & 16 Geo. by his or her wilful neglect or misconduct conduced to such 5, c. 51, act of adultery.

s. 1 (4).

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