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40. Court to which petition should be made. — Every petition under this Part shall be presented to the
District Court Act within the local limits of whose ordinary original civil jusidiction the husband and wife reside or last resided together.
Sec. 3(2),
Ind. Div.
Act.
48. Suits may be heard within Closed doors. —A proceeding under this part shall be conducted in camera at the instance of either party or if the Court thinks fit to do so.
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41. Contents and verification of petitions. —(1) Every petition presented under this Part shall state, as distinctly as the nature of the case permits, the facts
on which the claim to relief is founded and every petition for a decree of dissolution of marriage, or of judicial separation shall state that there is no collusion
between the petitioner and the other party to the marriage.
Sec. 10,
Ind. Div.
Act.
(2) The statements contained in every petition under this Part shall be verified by the petitioner or some other competent person in the manner required by law for the verification of plaints, and may at the hearing be referred to as evidence.
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S. 15,
42. Application of the Code of Civil Procedure. — Subject to the other provisions contained in this Part, all proceedings under this Part between party and party shall be regulated, as far as may be, by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908).
(44)
Ind. Div.
Act.
43. Decree in proceeding. —In any petition presented under this Part, whether defended or not, if the court is satisfied that any of the grounds for granting relief exists and that the petition has not been presented or prosecuted in collusion with the respondent or that the adultery complained of, if any, has not been connived at or condoned, the court shall decree such relief accordingly.
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