Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act : Procedure on expiration of adjournment. Interrogation of

Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act,1866

Act No : 21

Section : Procedure on expiration of adjournment. Interrogation of respondent.

16. Procedure on expiration of adjournment. Interrogation ofrespondent.-At the expiration of such adjournment the petitioner shallagain appear in Court and shall prove that the said desertion orrepudiation had continued up to the time last hereinbefore referredto; and if the---------------------------------------------------------------------1. The words "shall bear a stamp of two rupees, and" rep. by Act 7 of1870, s. 2. Sch. III, pt. II.---------------------------------------------------------------------points mentioned in section 12 and this section of this Act shall beproved to the satisfaction of the Judge, and if the respondent onbeing interrogated by the Judge or Commissioners, as the case may be,again refuse to cohabit with the petitioner, the respondent shall betaken to have finally des erted or repudiated the petitioner,Decree.-and the Judge shall, by a decree under his hand and sealedwith the seal of his Court, declare that the marriage between theparties is dissolved.