Section 8
Subs. by Act 68 of 1976, s. 7, for “two years” (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).
8. Subs. by Act 68 of 1976, s. 7, for “two years” (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).
(2) A wife may also present a petition for the dissolution of her marriage by a decree of divorce on the ground,—
(i) in the case of any marriage solemnized before the commencement of this Act, that the husband had married again before such commencement or that any other wife of the husband married before such commencement was alive at the time of the solemnization of the marriage of the petitioner:
Provided that in either case the other wife is alive at the time of the presentation of the petition; or
(ii) that the husband has, since the solemnization of the marriage, been guilty of rape, sodomy or 1 [bestiality; or]
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