Section 47 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970

Section 47 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Ground for decree of restitution of conjugal rights. It provides as follows:

A petition under this Act by a party to a marriage for a decree of restitution of conjugal rights may be based on the ground that the parties to the marriage, whether or not they have at any time cohabited, are not cohabiting and that, without just cause or excuse, the party against whom the decree is sought refuses to cohabit with, and render conjugal rights to, the petitioner.