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Periodical payments in default of compliance with decree for restitution of conjugal rights
Cap. 91, s. 143 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) A decree for restitution of conjugal rights shall not be enforced by attachment, but where the application is by the wife the Court, at the time of making the decree or at any time afterwards, may, in the event of the decree not being complied with within any time in that behalf limited by the Court, order the respondent to make to the petitioner such periodical payments as may be just, and the order may be enforced in the same manner as an order for alimony in proceedings for judicial
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, order that the husband shall, to the satisfaction of the Court, secure to the wife the periodical payments, and for that purpose may direct that it shall be referred to the Registrar to settle and approve a proper deed or instrument to be executed by all necessary parties.
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