Divorce.
CHAPTER 179.
DIVORCE.
[CAP. 179
To confer on the Supreme Court jurisdiction in divorce and
matrimonial causes.
[1st November, 1933.]
9 of 1933. 10 of 1936.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Divorce
Short title.
Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance-
"Christian marriage or its civil equivalent" and "the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage" imply a formal ceremony recognized by the law of the place where the union was contracted as involving the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others;
"court" means the Supreme Court or a judge thereof;
"desertion" implies an abandonment against the wish of
the person charging it;
"minor children" means unmarried children who in the opinion of the court have not attained the age of twenty-one years.
Interpretation.
of law to be
3. Subject to the provisions contained in this Ordin-
Principles
ance, the court shall in all suits and proceedings hereunder
applied.
act and give relief on principles which in the opinion of the court are, as nearly as may be, conformable to the principles on which the High Court of Justice in England for the time being acts and gives relief in matrimonial proceedings.
4. (1) Nothing herein shall authorize the court to
Extent of
make any decree of dissolution of marriage except-
(a) where the marriage was either a Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage; and
(b) where the domicile of the parties to the marriage at the time when the petition was presented was in the Colony.
(2) Nothing herein shall authorize the court to make any decree of nullity of marriage except where the marriage to which the decree relates purported to have been celebrated in the Colony and to have been a Christian marriage or its civil equivalent.
369
power to grant relief.
Divorce.
CHAPTER 179.
DIVORCE.
[CAP. 179
To confer on the Supreme Court jurisdiction in divorce and 35 of 1932.
matrimonial causes.
[1st November, 1933.]
9 of 1933. 10 of 1936.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Divorce Short title. Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance-
"Christian marriage or its civil equivalent" and "the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage" imply a formal ceremony recognized by the law of the place where the union was contracted as involving the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others;
"court" means the Supreme Court or a judge thereof; "desertion" implies an abandonment against the wish of
the person charging it;
"minor children” means unmarried children who in the opinion of the court have not attained the age of twenty-one years.
Interpretation.
of law to be
3. Subject to the provisions contained in this Ordin- Principles ance, the court shall in all suits and proceedings hereunder applied. act and give relief on principles which in the opinion of the court are, as nearly as may be, conformable to the principles on which the High Court of Justice in England for the time being acts and gives relief in matrimonial proceedings.
4. (1) Nothing herein shall authorize the court to Extent of make any decree of dissolution of marriage except-
(a) where the marriage was either a Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage; and (b) where the domicile of the parties to the marriage at the time when the petition was presented was in the Colony.
(2) Nothing herein shall authorize the court to make any decree of nullity of marriage except where the marriage to which the decree relates purported to have been celebrated in the Colony and to have been a Christian marriage or its civil equivalent.
369
power to grant relief.
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