Cap. 16 Art. 66DDivorce granted upon the application of one of the spouses.

(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Sub-

Title, where an application for divorce is made by one of the spouses, it shall not be necessary for the spouse making the demand to impute to the other party any fault leading to the making of such demand.

(2) Where the spouses are already separated by means of a contract or a court judgement, the spouse making the demand for divorce may only demand the dissolution of the marriage. The other party may contest the demand by proving that the spouse demanding the divorce has not paid maintenance that was due as ordered by the court or agreed to in the separation contract and that, if the demand for divorce were to be accepted, it would be more difficult for the said other party to obtain the payment of maintenance. The court shall not grant the demand for divorce

*Article 12 of Act XIV of 2011: "12. A bill for an Act of Parliament amending, deleting or substituting the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of article 66B as provided in clause 9 of this Act shall not be presented to the President for his assent unless, not less than three nor more than six months after its passage through the House, it has been submitted to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of Representatives and the majority of electors voting have approved the bill: Provided that it shall not be required to submit the bill to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of Representatives after its passage through the House as provided in this article, if not less than three months and not more than six months after the publication of the Bill in the Government Gazette after the approval of its First Reading in the House of Representatives, the bill was submitted to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of Representatives and the majority of electors voting have approved the bill.". -Repealed by Act XXV of 2021. where any of the said defences are shown to be valid.

(3) Where the spouses are not separated by means of a contract or a court judgement, the spouse making the demand for divorce may, together with the same demand, make all those demands that are permissible in a cause for separation in accordance with Sub-