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Section 129A

Cap. 91, s. 129A · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Notwithstanding section 129, a petition for divorce by consent of the parties may be presented to the Court by either the husband or the wife on the grounds that they have been living separate and apart for a period of one year or more since the presentation of the petition and that they can no longer live together as husband and wife and consent that the marriage should be dissolved. Divorce by consent of (2) Notwithstanding section 131, no petition for divorce by consent of the parties shall be presented to the Court unless at the date of the presentation of the petition one year has passed since the date of the marriage. (3) For the purposes of the application of this section, consent shall not be considered collusion.

Amended by: 21 of 2018; 11 of 2020

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