New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT 1899 - SECT 20

20 Petitions under ss 13, 16

(1) Whenever a petition is presented under sections thirteen or sixteen the Court may dismiss the petition if in its opinion the petitioner’s own habits or conduct induced or contributed to the wrong complained of.

(2) In all other cases under the said sections the Court shall if it is satisfied that the case of the petitioner is established pronounce the decree prayed for.

(3) So far as they severally are applicable all the provisions of sections eighteen (b) and (c) and nineteen (2) shall apply to petitions and suits under sections thirteen and sixteen.