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The Divorce Act, 1869

Section 11Adulterer to be co-respondent

In forceChapter III DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Chapter III DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

s. 11

11. Adulterer to be co-respondent Upon any such petition presented by a husband, the petitioner shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent to the said petition, unless he is excused from so doing on one of the following grounds, to be allowed by the Court:- (1) that the respondent is leading the life of a prostitute, and that the petitioner knows of no person with whom the adultery has been committed; (2) that the name of the alleged adulterer is unknown to the petitioner although he has made due efforts to discover it; (3) that the alleged adulterer is dead.

End of s. 11.

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