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\li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid871146 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 Appeal No.}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 60 of }{\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 1957}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\b\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4421489 PERMAL NAIDU}{\b\fs24\insrsid5010044 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 Appellant}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid5010044 v}{\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 . \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\b\fs24\insrsid4421489 YESWANT KUMARI}{\b\fs24\insrsid5010044 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 Respondent \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4421489 {\fs24\insrsid4421489\charrsid5010044 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4480129 {\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 Enforcement of Order for Maintenance}{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 -}{ \i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 effect }{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 of wife}{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 s adultery subsequent }{ \i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 to the date of the Order}{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 }{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 -}{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 meanings of the word }{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{ \i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 Order}{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 in sections 8 and 9 Separation and Main}{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 tenance (Summary J}{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 urisdiction) }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 Ordinance, Cap. 17}{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 (now Cap.}{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 31)}{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 }{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 - }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 similar p}{\i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 rovisions in sections 6, 7 and }{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044\charrsid5010044 9, Summary }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 Jurisdicti}{ \i\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid5010044 on (Married Women) A}{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 ct 1895 compared. \par }{\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid13706844 \par }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 Held}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 .-}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid13706844 A husband cannot prevent the e}{\fs24\insrsid13706844 nforcement of an order for main}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid13706844 tenance on the ground of the wife}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid13706844 s adultery unless and until he has applied for and obtained the discharge of the}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 order on this ground.}{ \fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid13706844\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13706844 {\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid5010044 Cases referred to:-}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid5010044 \par }{\fs24\insrsid15105412\charrsid16415158 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4480129 {\i\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid16415158 Ruther v. Ruthe}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 r}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 (1903) 2 K.B.D. 270. \par }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 Ruterbridge v. Rute}{\i\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid16415158 r}{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 bridge}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 (1927) 1 K.B.D. 368. \par \par }{\i\fs24\insrsid5010044 R.}{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 D. Patel}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 for appellant. \par Respondent in person.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid16415158 \par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid15105412 HAMMETT, J}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 . [15th November, 1957]}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 -}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid16415158 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 This is an appeal by way of Case Stated dated 27th September, 1957, from the decision of the Magistrates}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 Court of the First Class sitting at Lautoka.}{ \fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid16415158 \par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid15105412 The facts are as follows: \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid16415158 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 On 22nd February, 1956}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 , the appellant was ordered to }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 pay a total of \'a3 4 (four pounds) per week maintenance for his wife and two children under the provisions of the Separation and Maintenance (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance, Cap. 17. On 24th September, 1957, the appellant was arrested and appear}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 e d to show cause why he should }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 not be committed to prison for his failure to make any payments under this order.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 His Counsel sought an adjournment to call evidence of the wife}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 s adultery, relying on the provisions of section 8 of the Ordinance which reads}{ \fs24\insrsid9639133 :}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16415158 {\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 8. No order shall be made under this Ordinance on the application of a married woman if it is proved that such married woman has committed an act of adultery etc.}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16415158 {\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4480129 {\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 This application for an adjournment was refused by the learned Magistrate on the ground that section 8 referred only to the proof of adultery prior to the making of a maintenance order and section 9 to proof of adultery after the making of such an order.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid16415158\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 The material part of s}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 ection 9 of the Ordinance reads}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 as follows: \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 (3) If any married woman upon whose application an order has been made u}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 nder this Ordinance commits an a}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 ct of adultery suc}{\fs24\insrsid871146 h order shall on}{\fs24\insrsid16415158 proof thereof }{\fs24\insrsid15220918 be discharged:}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15220918 {\fs24\insrsid15220918 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15147913 {\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Provided etc.}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4480129 {\fs24\insrsid16415158 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 The question on which the appellant seeks the opinion of this Court is whether in view of section}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 8 of the Separation}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 and Ma}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 intenance (Summary Jurisdiction)}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Ordinance, Cap. 17, the learned Magistrate has power to make an order committing the appellant to prison if he (the husband) can prove that the wife has committed adultery since the making of the order for maintenance.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 It is the contention of Learned Counsel for the appellant that the word }{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 order}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 in section 8 includes not only a Maintenance Order }{\fs24\insrsid7688772 but also an order to enforce a }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Maintenance Order made under section 11 of the Ordinance which reads as follows:}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2850499 {\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 The payment of any sum of money directed to be paid by any order under this Ordinance may be enforced in the same manner as the payment of money is enforced under an order of aff}{\fs24\insrsid15105412 iliation made under the Bastard}{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Ordinance.}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2850499 {\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4480129 {\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Sections 8, 9 and 11 of the Separation and Maintena}{\fs24\insrsid15105412 nce (Summary Jurisdiction) Ord}{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 inance, Cap. 17, are virtually}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 the same provisions as t}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 hose contained in sections 6, 7,}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 and 9 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 In the case of }{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid871146 Ruther v. Ruther}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 (1903) 2 K.B.D. 270 where this matter was raised Wills, J. said:}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2850499 {\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Orders for payment made under the Act of 1895 are by section 9 to be enforced in the same way as affiliation orders; }{\fs24\insrsid15105412 and on looking at section 4 of }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 the}{\fs24\insrsid15105412 }{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Bastardy Laws Amendment Act 1872 one sees what }{\fs24\insrsid15105412 the procedure is. }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Therefore an order of committal for non}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 -}{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 payment is not an o}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 rder made under the Act of 1895.}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2850499 {\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4480129 {\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 This decision was followed in the s}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 ubsequent case of }{\i\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid2850499 Ruterbridge v}{ \i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid2850499 . }{\i\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid2850499 Ruter}{\i\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid2850499 bridge}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 (1927) 1 K.B.D. 368.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 In my opinion precisely the same }{\fs24\insrsid2850499 reasoning should be applied to the }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 corresponding Ordinances in Fiji.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499 To construe the}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 word }{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 order}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 in section 8 of Cap. 17 to include }{ \fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 order for enf}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 orcement of a maintenance order" }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 would lead to the conclusion that once adultery on the part of the wife were proved, no order for enforcement of payment of arrears of maintenance which had accrued prior to the date of the proof of the adultery could be made after the proof of such adult ery. This would be an absurd conclusion.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Learn}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 ed Counsel for the appellant at}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 the hearing of this appeal admitted}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 that the husband was liable in spite of the provisions of section 8 to pay all arrears of maintenance due prior to the date of the adultery}{\fs24\insrsid15476789 ,}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 which admission presupposes that the word }{ \fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 order}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 in section 8}{\fs24\insrsid11668322 }{\fs24\insrsid2850499 cannot refer to orders made to enforce}{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 payment of Maintenance Orders.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid2850499\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 There is ample machinery provided in section 9 of the}{\fs24\insrsid7688772 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Ordinance for}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 a}{\fs24\insrsid2850499 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 husband to apply for the discharge of an order on the grounds}{\fs24\insrsid401663 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 of the wife}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 s}{ \fs24\insrsid401663 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 adultery.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 }{\fs24\insrsid401663 Unles}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 s and until the appellant avails himself of that remedy the}{\fs24\insrsid401663 wife is entitl }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 ed}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 }{\fs24\insrsid401663 to }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 enforce payment of the sums due under the Maintenance}{\fs24\insrsid401663 Order.}{\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid401663\charrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 In my}{\fs24\insrsid401663 opinion the word }{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid401663 order}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid401663 in section 8 of the Separation and }{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Maintenance Ordinance}{\fs24\insrsid401663 , Cap. 17,}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 means}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 Order for Maintenance.}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{ \fs24\insrsid401663 \par }{\fs24\insrsid5010044 \par }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 The section should therefore be construed as follows: \par }{\fs24\insrsid401663 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5010044 {\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 No order for maintenance shall be made under this Ordinance on}{\fs24\insrsid401663 }{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 the }{\fs24\insrsid401663\charrsid4480129 application}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 of a }{\fs24\insrsid401663\charrsid4480129 married}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 woman if it is proved that such m}{ \fs24\insrsid401663 arried}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 woman}{\fs24\insrsid7102031 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 has committed an act}{\fs24\insrsid401663 }{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 of}{\fs24\insrsid401663 }{ \fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 adultery etc}{\fs24\insrsid401663 .}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 "}{\fs24\insrsid4480129\charrsid4480129 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid4480129 \par }{\fs24\insrsid401663 Once such an Order for Maintenance has been made the provisions of section 8 cannot be invoked by the husband to prevent the enforcement of the Order on the grounds of his wife}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\fs24\insrsid401663 s adultery. His remedy is to apply under section 9 for the discharge of the order. Until}{\fs24\insrsid15105412 he has done so the order may be enforced.}{\fs24\insrsid401663 \par }{\fs24\insrsid15105412 \par In my opinion the learned trial magistrate}{\fs24\insrsid5010044 '}{\fs24\insrsid15105412 s interpretation of section 8 was perfectly correct.}{\fs24\insrsid15105412\charrsid4480129 \par }}