INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Section 4(2) of The Matrimonial Causes Act – Interpretation of Section 4(2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act as to when a court shall not pronounce a decree of divorce and may dismiss the petition for divorce “The relevant provision in the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950, is in Section 4(2): “Provided that the court shall not be bound to pronounce a decree of divorce and may dismiss the petition if it finds that the petitioner has during the marriage been guilty of adultery or if, in the opinion of the court, the petitioner has been guilty- (i) of unreasonable delay in presenting or prosecuting the petition.” That is intended to make a spouse diligent in presenting his or her petition, for it is in the public interest that he should be diligent; and a husband who is late in petitioning may well give ground for saying that he has acquiesced in the misconduct of his wife or is indifferent to the loss of her company.”
INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Section 43(1) of The Eastern Region Local Government Law – Interpretation of the term “doing” as used in Section 43(1) of the Eastern Region Local Government LawINTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Section 349 of The Criminal Procedure Ordinance – Interpretation of Section 349 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance as regards giving the notice of date of trial to an accused person