Section 22
Restitution of conjugal rights.
The Special Marriage Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to provide a special form of marriage in certain cases, for the registration of such and certain other marriages and for divorce.
When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable
excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply by petition to the district
court for restitution of conjugal rights, and the court, on being satisfied of the truth of the statements made
in such petition, and that there is no legal ground why the application should not be granted, may decree
restitution of conjugal rights accordingly.
1[Explanation.-- Where a question arises whether there has been reasonable excuse for withdrawal from the society, the burden of providing reasonable excuse shall be on the person who has withdrawn from the society.]
1[Explanation.-- Where a question arises whether there has been reasonable excuse for withdrawal from the society, the burden of providing reasonable excuse shall be on the person who has withdrawn from the society.]
Notes
1. Added by s. 23, ibid.