!at the name of the alleged adulterer or adulteress in unknown to the
pedlioner although Ihe petilioner has made due cflbrls to discover it;
(c) that the alleged adulterer or adulteress is dead.”.
8. Aniendiiieiit of Section section 13 of tlie piiiicipal Act, tlie last paragiaph
•shall be omitted.
. Amendment o f Section 14.- In Section 14 of the principal Act, in Paragraph 4, the
words “in the manner and subject to all the provisions and limitations in Sections 16
and 17 made and dcclarcd” shall be omitted.
10. Amendment o f Section 15.-In Section 15 of the principal Act-
(a) the words “without reasonable excuse” shall be omitted;
(b) for the words “her adultery and cruelty”, the words “her adultery or
cruelty or desertion” shall be substituted;
(c) for the words “such cruelty’” the words “such adulteiy, cruelty” shall be
substituted.
11. Amendment o f Section 16.- In Section 16 of the principal Act, the words, “not
being a confirmation of a decree of a district Court,” shaU be omitted.
12. substitution o f new section for Section 17.-For Section 17 of the principal Act,
the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
“17. Power of Court lo remove certain suits.-During Ihe progress
of the suit in the Court of the District Tudge, any person suspecting that any parties to
the suit are or have been acting in collusion for the purpose of obtainii^ a divorce, shall
be at liberty, in such manner as the High Court by general or special order &om time to
time dirccts, to apply to the High Court to remove the suit under Section 8, and the
court shall thereupon, it if thinks lit, remove such suit and try and determine the same
as a court of original jurisdiction, and the provisions contained in Section 16 shall apply
to every suit so removed; , or it may direct the District Judge to take such steps in respect
of the alleged collusion as may be necessary, to enable him to make a decree in
accordance with the justice of the case.”
13. Omission o f Section 17-A.-Section 17-A of the principal Act shall be omitted.
14. Amendment o f Section 18.-In Section 18 of the principal Act, the words “or to the
High Court” shall be omitted.
15. Amendment o f Section 19.-In Section 19 of the principal Act, in the last
paragraph, for the words “jurisdiction of the High Court”, the words “jurisdiction of the
Dislricl Court” shall be subslituted.
16. Omission of Section 30.-Section 20 of the principal Act shaD be omitted.
17. Amendment uf SecUun 22.-In Section 22 of Uie principal Act, the words “wilhout
reasonable excase” shall be omitted.
18. Amendment of Sections 23, 27 and 32.-In Sections 23, 27 and 32 of tlie piincipal
Act, the words “or the High Court” shall be omitted.
19. Omission of Section 34.-Section 34 of the principal Act shall be omitted.
20. Omission o f Section 35,-Section 35 of the principal Act shall be omitted.
21. Amendment of Section 36.-In Section 36 of the principal Act, the proviso shall be
omitted.
22. Amendment of Section 37.-In Section 37 of the principal Act, for the portion
beginning with the words “The High Court” and ending with the words ‘Ihe husband
shall”, the words “WTiere a decree of dissolution of the marriage or a decree of judicial
separation is obtained by the wife, the District Court may order that the husband shall”
shall be substituted.
23. Omission of Section 39.-Section 39 of the principal Act shall be omitted.