Clause 114

When a petition for divorce or nullity of marriage has been presented, proceedings under sections 107, 108, 110 and 113 of this Ordinance may, subject to and in accordance with rules of court, be commenced at any time after the presentation of the petition:Provided that no order under any of the said sections (other than an interim order for the payment of alimony under section 107 of this Ordinance) shall be made unless and until a decree nisi has been pronounced, and no such order, save in so far as it relates to the preparation, execution, or approval of a deed or instrument and no settlement made in pursuance of any such order, shall take effect unless and until the decree is made absolute.

Sections 107 and 108 of this Ordinance shall apply in any case where a petition for divorce or judicial separation is presented by the wife on the ground of her husband’s insanity as if for the references to the husband there were substituted references to the wife, and for the references to the wife there were substituted references to the husband, and in any such case and in any case where a petition for divorce, nullity of marriage, or judicial separation, is presented by the husband on the ground of his wife’s insanity, the court may order the payments of alimony or maintenance under the said sections to be made to such persons having charge of the respondent as the court may direct.