Time at which proceedings for alimony, etc., may be commenced in suits for divorce or nullity

(1) When a petition for divorce or nullity of marriage has been presented, proceedings under section 152 or section 153 (3), which respectively, confer power on the Court to order the provision of alimony and the securing of money for the benefit of the children, may, subject to and in accordance with rules of court, be commenced at any time after the presentation of the Provided that no order under the said section or under the said sub- section, other than an interim order for the payment of alimony under section 152, shall be made unless and until a decree nisi has been pronounced, and no such order, save in so far as it relates to the preparation, execution or approval of a deed or instrument and no settlement made in pursuance of any such order, shall take effect unless and until the decree is made absolute. (2) Section 152, shall apply in any case where a petition for divorce or judicial separation is presented by the wife on the ground of her husband’s insanity as if for the references to the husband there were substituted references to the wife, and for the references to the wife there were substituted references to the husband, and in any such case and in any case where a petition for divorce, nullity or judicial separation is presented by the husband on the ground of his wife’s insanity or mental deficiency, the Court may order the payment of alimony or maintenance under the said section to be made to such persons having charge of the respondent as the Court may direct.