Section 40 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970

Section 40 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Application to judicial separation of sundry sections of this Part. It provides as follows:

The provisions of sections 18 to 24 and sections 26 to 32 of this Act shall apply to and in relation to a Decree of judicial separation and proceedings for such a decree and, for the purposes of those provisions as so applying, a reference in those provisions to a decree of dissolution of marriage shall be read as a reference to a decree of judicial separation.