Orders to which husband is entitled

Any married man may apply to a court of summary jurisdiction acting within the judicial district in which the cause of complaint, wholly or partially, has arisen for an order or orders, which the court is hereby authorised to make, containing all or any of the following provisions– (a) that the applicant be no longer bound to cohabit with his wife, which provision while in force shall have the effect in all respects of a decree of judicial separation on the ground of cruelty; (b) that the legal custody of any children of the marriage between the applicant and his wife, while under the age of eighteen years, be committed to the applicant; (c) that the wife shall pay to the applicant personally, or for his use, to any officer of the court, or to any third person on his behalf, such weekly sum not exceeding one hundred dollars as the court, having regard to the means both of the husband and the wife, considers reasonable; (d) that, where the legal custody of any children of the marriage has been committed to the applicant, his wife shall pay to him, or to any officer of the court or other person on his behalf, such weekly sum as the court, having regard to the means of both the husband and the wife, and to all the circumstances of the case, considers reasonable, for the Married Persons (Protection) [CAP. 175 9 maintenance of each child until the child attains the age of eighteen years; or (e) that the applicant or the wife, or both of them, pay the costs of the court, and such reasonable costs of either of them as the court may think fit.