time of the payment, transfer or other act that person had notice of the reversal, discharge or variation of the decree or order of the cessation or discontinuance of the separation. Restitution of conjugal rights. 20. Restitution of conjugal rights. If a husband or wife has without reasonable excuse withdrawn from the society of the other, the wife or husband may apply by petition to the court for restitution of conjugal rights. The court, on being satisfied that the allegations of the petition are true, and that there is no legal ground why the application should not be granted, may decree restitution of conjugal rights accordingly. Nothing shall be pleaded in answer to a petition for restitution of conjugal rights which would not be a ground for a suit for judicial separation or for a decree of nullity of marriage. General. 21. Damages for adultery. (1) A husband may, by petition, claim damages from any person on the ground of his having committed adultery with the wife of the petitioner. Such claim may be made either in a petition for dissolution of marriage or for judicial separation, or by petition for that purpose only. The court shall ascertain the amount of damages and may direct that the damages be levied under warrant on the movable or immovable property of the person ordered to pay and may direct in what manner the damages, when recovered, shall be paid or applied, and may direct that the whole or any part of the damages shall be settled for the benefit of the children, if any, of the marriage, or as a provision for the maintenance of the wife. Where the officer having execution of a warrant for the recovery of damages ordered under subsection (3) reports that no property or insufficient property exists upon which the damages may be levied, the court may by warrant commit the person ordered to pay to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. Every person so committed to prison shall be released from prison before the expiration of his sentence— on the amount of the damages being paid to the officer in charge of the prison; or by order of the court if the court is satisfied that the damages have otherwise been fully paid. 22. Costs against a corespondent. A corespondent may be ordered to pay the whole or any part of the costs of the proceedings if adultery with the wife of the petitioner has been established against him; except that he shall not be ordered to pay the costs of the petitioner—