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1The Divorce Act, 1869

( ACT NO. IV OF 1869 )

Chapter III

DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Adulterer to be co-respondent
11. Upon any such petition presented by a husband, the petitioner shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent to the said petition, unless he is excused from so doing on one of the following grounds, to be allowed by the Court:-
 
 
(1) that the respondent is leading the life of a prostitute, and that the petitioner knows of no person with whom the adultery has been committed;
 
 
(2) that the name of the alleged adulterer is unknown to the petitioner although he has made due efforts to discover it;
 
 
(3) that the alleged adulterer is dead.

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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words “Bangladesh”, “Government”, "High Court Division" and "Appellate Division" were substituted, for the words “Pakistan”, “Provincial Government” or “the said Government”, "High Courts" or "High Court" or "a High Court" and "Supreme Court" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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