Cap. 16 Art. 40Excesses, cruelty, etc.

Either of the spouses may demand separation on the grounds of excesses, cruelty, threats or grievous injury on the part of the other against the plaintiff, or against any of his or her children, or on the ground that the spouses cannot reasonably be expected to live together as the marriage has irretrievably broken down:

Provided that the court may pronounce separation on the ground that the marriage has irretrievably broken down notwithstanding that, whether previously to or after the coming into force of this article, none of the spouses had made a demand on such ground.