The Act contains Parts covering: Preliminary, Dissolution of marriage (including Grounds for divorce), Nullity of marriage (including Petitions for nullity of marriage. Grounds for decree of nullity), and Judicial separation and protection orders (including Grounds for judicial separation).
Among the grounds for an application for divorce by a wife are listed: "has been guilty of - (i) incestuous adultery; (ii) bigamy with adultery; (iii) marriage with another woman with adultery; (iv) rape, sodomy or bestiality; (v) adultery coupled with cruelty; or (vi) adultery coupled with desertion, without reasonable excuse, for two years or upwards."