Bare ActsThe Divorce Act, 1869

Section 22

Bar to decree for divorce a mensa et toro; but judicial separation obtainable by husband or wife

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No decree shall hereafter be made for a divorce a mensa et toro , but the husband or wife may obtain a decree of judicial separation, on the ground of adultery, or cruelty, or desertion 1 *** for two years or upwards, and such decree shall have the effect of a divorce a mensa et toro under the existing law, and such other legal effect as here in after mentioned.

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