28. Divorce by mutual consent .―(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to the rules made
thereunder, a petition for divorce may be presented to th e district court by both the parties together on the
ground that they have been living separately for a period of one year or more, that they have not been able
to live together and that they have mutually agreed that the marriage should be dissolved.
(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date, if the petition is not withdrawn in the meantime , the district court shall, on being satisfied, after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.