Category: Nigeria


  • Section 40 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 40 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Application to judicial separation of sundry sections of this Part. It provides as follows: The provisions of sections 18 to 24 and sections 26 to 32 of this Act shall apply to and in relation to a Decree of…

  • Section 39 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 39 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Grounds for judicial separation. It provides as follows: Subject to this Part, a petition under this Act by a party to a marriage for a decree of judicial separation may be based on one or more of the facts…

  • Section 38 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 38 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Effect of decree of nullity of a voidable marriage. It provides as follows: (1) A decree of nullity under this Act of a voidable marriage shall annul the marriage from and including the date on which the decree, becomes…

  • Section 37 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Restrictions on certain grounds. It provides as follows: A decree of nullity of marriage shall not be made on the ground that the marriage is voidable by virtue of section 5(1)(b), (c) or (d) of this Act unless the…

  • Section 36 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 36 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Incapacity to consummate maniage. It provides as follows: (1) A decree of nullity of marriage shall not be made on the ground that the marriage is voidable by virtue of section 5(1) (a) of this Act unless the court…

  • Section 35 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 35 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Who may institute proceedings. It provides as follows: A decree of nullity of marriage shall not be made upon the petition-(a) of the party suffering from the incapacity to consummate the marriage, on the ground that the marriage is…

  • Section 34 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 34 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Ground for decree of nullity of marriage. It provides as follows: Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, a petition under this Act for nullity of marriage may be based on the ground that the…

  • Section 33 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 33 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Effect of dissolution of maniage. It provides as follows: Where a decree of dissolution of marriage under this Act has become absolute, a party to the marriage may marry again as if the marriage had been dissolved by death.

  • Section 32 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 32 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Joinder of adulterers, etc. It provides as follows: (1) Where, in a petition for a decree of dissolution of marriage or in an answer to such a petition, a party to the marriage is alleged to have committed adultery…

  • Section 31 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 Section 31 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Claim for damages. It provides as follows: (1) A party to a marriage, whether husband or wife may, in a petition for a decree of dissolution of the marriage alleging that the other party to the marriage has committed…