Part of: Section 28 — Divorce by mutual consent .―(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to the rules made
(2) 3[On the motion of both the parties made not earlier than six months after the date of the presentation of the petition referred to in sub -section ( 1) and not later than eighteen months] after the said date, if the petition is not withdrawn in the meantime , the district court shall, on being satisfied, after hearing the parties and after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, that a marriage has been solemnized under this Act, and that the averments in the petition are true, pass a decree declaring the marri age to be dissolved with effect from the date of the decree.