Section 52:
Competence of husband and wife to give evidence as to cruelty or desertion.
On any
petition presented, 1[by a husband or a wife, praying that his or her marriage may be dissolved by
reason of his wife or her husband, as the case may be, having been guilty of adultery, cruelty or
desertion], the husband and wife respectively shall be competent and compellable to give evidence of
or relating to such cruelty or desertion.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 51 of 2001, s. 28, for certain words (w.e.f 3-10-2001).