Section 22: Restitution of conjugal rights.

The Special Marriage Act, 1954Central Act · Act 43 of 1954

When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply by petition to the district court for restitution of conjugal rights, and the court, on being satisfied of the truth of the statements made in such petition, and that there is no legal ground why the application should not be granted, may decree restitution of conjugal rights accordingly.

[Explanation.-- Where a question arises whether there has been reasonable excuse for withdrawal from the society, the burden of providing reasonable excuse shall be on the person who has withdrawn from the society.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Special Marriage Act, 1954
Section	22
Marginal note	Restitution of conjugal rights.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	5

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

added. . Added by s. 23, ibid.

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