Clause 92

that the respondent was impotent at the time of the marriage and at the time of the institution of the suit;

that the parties are within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, whether natural or legal;

that either party was of unsound mind at the time of the marriage;

that the former husband or wife of either party was living at the time of the marriage and the marriage with such former husband or wife was then in force;

that the consent of either party to the marriage was obtained by force or fraud in any case in which the marriage might be annulled on this ground by the law of England;

that the marriage is invalid by the law of the place in which it was celebrated;

that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the wilful refusal of the respondent to consummate the marriage;

that either party to the marriage was at the time of the marriage of unsound mind or subject to recurrent fits of insanity or epilepsy;

that the respondent was at the time of the marriage suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form; or

that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner:Provided that, in the cases specified in paragraphs (h), (i) and (j) of this subsection, the court shall not grant a decree unless it is satisfied —

that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged;

that proceedings were instituted within a year from the date of the marriage; and

that marital intercourse with the consent of the petitioner has not taken place since the discovery by the petitioner of the existence of the grounds for a decree.