# The Divorce Act, 1869, Section 52: Competence of husband and wife to give evidence as to cruelty or desertion

- Act: The Divorce Act, 1869 (Act 4 of 1869)
- In force from: 1869-04-26
- Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/divorce-act-1869/section/52/

## Text

On any petition presented, 1[by a husband or a wife, praying that his or her marriage may be dissolved by reason of his wife or her husband, as the case may be, having been guilty of adultery, cruelty or desertion], the husband and wife respectively shall be competent and compellable to give evidence of or relating to such cruelty or desertion.

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