Section 11Part 2 — Duty to Maintain
Liability of husband to support his wife
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For the purposes of this Law every man shall be liable and is hereby required to maintain his wife, irrespective of her being able to maintain herself:
Provided that no order for the payment of any sum of money by the husband of any married woman shall be made against such husband under this Law if it be proved before the summary court to whom application for such order is made that the wife has committed adultery (unless such adultery has been condoned), or that the wife has wilfully and without just cause deserted her husband; and any order for payment of any such sum may be discharged by the court upon proof that the wife has, since the making thereof, committed adultery.