1983 Ed.]
Matrimonial Causes
[CAP. 179
(c) enabling the parties to a marriage, or either of them, on application made either before or after the presentation of a petition for divorce, to refer to the court any agreement or arrangement made or proposed to be made between them, being an agreement or arrangement which relates to, arises out of, or is connected with, the proceedings for divorce which are contemplated or, as the case may be, have begun, and for enabling the court to express an opinion, should it think it desirable to do so, as to the reasonableness of the agreement or arrangement and to give such directions, if any, in the matter as it thinks fit.
(Added 33 of 1972, s. 11)
PART IV
NULLITY
19. A husband or wife may present a petition to the court praying that his or her marriage may be declared null and void on any of the grounds mentioned in section 20.
*20. (1) A marriage which takes place after 30 June 1972 shall be void on any of the following grounds only---
(a) that it is not a valid marriage under section 27 of the Marriage Ordinance, that is to say
* Note:
The repealed section 20, which is reproduced below, shall continue to have effect in relation to marriages which took place before 1 July 1972 and the new section 20 shall have effect only in relation to marriages which took place after 30 June 1972—(33 of 1972, s. 26(2))
Grounds for decree of nullity.
(Cap. 181)
1965 c. 73, s. 9(1).
20. (1) A marriage shall be void on any of the following grounds--
(a) that the parties to the marriage are within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity as provided in the Marriage Ordinance:
(b) that the former husband or wife of either party to the marriage was living at the time of the marriage and the marriage with such former husband or wife was then in force:
(c) that the consent of either party to the marriage was obtained by force or fraud in any case in which the marriage might be annulled on this ground by the law of England:
(d) that the marriage is invalid by the law of the Colony.
(2) A marriage shall, subject to subsection (3), be voidable on any of the following grounds-
(a) that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the wilful refusal of the respondent to consummate it; or
(b) that at the time of the marriage either party to the marriage-
(i) was of unsound mind, or
1969 c. 55, s. 7.
Petition for nullity.
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Grounds for decree of nullity. [7.19̃10 44. x 1.1]
(Cap. 15.1)