Intervention by Attorney General in petition for divorce, etc

In the case of any petition for divorce or for nullity of (a) the Court may, if it thinks fit, direct all necessary papers in the matter to be sent to the Attorney General who shall argue before the Court any question in relation to the matter which the Court thinks to be necessary or expedient to have fully argued, and the Attorney General shall be entitled to charge the costs of the proceedings as part of the expenses of his office; (b) any person may at any time during the progress of the proceedings or before the decree nisi is made absolute give information to the Attorney General of any matter material to the due decision of the case, and the Attorney General may thereupon take such steps as he considers necessary or expedient; 74 (c) if in consequence of any such information or otherwise the Attorney General suspects that any parties to the petition are or have been acting in collusion for the purpose of obtaining a decree contrary to the justice of the case, he may, after obtaining the leave of the Court, intervene and subpoena witnesses to prove the alleged collusion.