CAP. 152 Matrimonial Causes [Rev. 2012] and education of the children the marriage of whose parents is the subject of the proceedings, or, if it thinks fit, direct proper proceedings to be taken for placing the children under the protection of the court. (2) On an application made in that behalf the court may, at any time before final decree, in any proceedings for restitution of conjugal rights, or, if the respondent fails to comply therewith, after final decree, make from time to time all such orders and provisions with respect to the custody, maintenance and education of the children of the petitioner and respondent as might have been made by interim orders if proceedings for judicial separation had been pending between the same parties. (3) The court may, if it thinks fit, on any decree of divorce or nullity of marriage, order the husband, or (in the case of a petition for divorce by a wife on the ground of her husband’s insanity) order the wife, to secure for the benefit of the children such gross sum of money or annual sum of money as the court may deem reasonable: Provided that the term for which any sum of money is secured for the benefit of a child shall not extend beyond the date when the child— (i) if a male African (including a Somali, an Abyssinian (Amhara, Tigre and Shoa), a Malagasy and a Comoro Islander), Arab or Baluchi born in Africa attains the age of sixteen years, or if a female African (including a Somali, an Abyssinian (Amhara, Tigre and Shoa), a Malagasy and a Comoro Islander), Arab or Baluchi born in Africa attains the age of thirteen years; (ii) if a child, other than a child referred to in subparagraph (i) of this proviso, attains the age of majority or marries, whichever date is the earlier. 31. Amendments as to maintenance, settlement of property, etc. (1) When a petition for divorce or nullity of marriage has been presented, proceedings under section 25, section 27, section 28 or subsection (3) of section 30 of this Act may, subject to and in accordance with the rules made under this Act, be commenced at any time after the presentation of the petition: Provided that no order under any of the said sections or under the said subsection (other than an interim order for the payment of alimony under section 25 of this Act) shall be made unless and until a decree nisi has been pronounced, an 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. (2) Section 25 of this Act 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 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 or judicial separation is presented by the husband on the ground of his wife’s insanity or mental deficiency, the court may order the payments of alimony or maintenance under the said section to be made to such persons having charge of the respondent as the court may direct. [Issue 1] M9 - 16