Section 95: Wife may effect divorce

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The wife may effect a divorce in any of the following circumstances, even without the consent of the husband:

(a) Except where the husband and wife are living separately after obtaining their partition share or separating bread and board in accordance with law, if the husband has been living separately for three years or more consecutively, without the consent of the wife,

(b) If the husband deprives the wife of maintenance costs or expels her from home,

(c) If the husband commits an act or conspiracy likely to cause grievous hurt or other severe physical or mental pain to the wife,

(d) If the husband concludes another marriage,

(e) If the husband is proved to have had sexual intercourse with another woman,

(f) If the husband is proved to have raped the wife.

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