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JO 6961 2D CC '0:1 35C3 ITATO IT'0 - C IqSTI -OT15Ta ' S2C 9flt i 'y exoJeq 6961/122 'o seddy Txçç) trç COflj JO tflOO oT1STp CT JO 70503 1) eLq uO.Ui) oL6i :0 '0i1 iaaa:v rII.Io (aa) - UOt OTpStJflf eCIIC(idV vzw vi.r:r :o rinoc :ii::i :::: :1 - 4' ...2 Ordinance narria;e is strictly monooraou, a union for li±s 0± one mr-n and one noun to tb.c c::ciuoion ci all others. nhis necessarily :ollows the cc ntion Of ri- ,c in the colebr cu c e of iC ve (1066) L.R. 1 P.D. 130 at p.133 er Lord Peuzance. j:or reasons that iuct be discovered i'ron the minds of tio1e,is1ators, this marrie can only be dissolved by a urOcoclura under Oa1).364 This Ordinance, however, leaves the courts to provide other fo1c of .matrüaoiia1. relief OUCh ie judicia1 separation and es.tiu ' ö onjurcl riCht3. iection 3 çr the Liatrinonial Causes. Cap. 3C4 rrcyidep that : //uriodiction under this Ordinance shall, suocct to the provisions of this Ordinance or any rules made under this Ordinance, be e:ercissd by the Court in accordance with the lad applied in matrimonial proceedini;s in the I -iih Court of Justice in En:.land. The inter- prat:tion section un.sr C&p.364, that is section 2, defines Couxt to mean the 1ih Court provided that in respect 0± .aatriraonial c2.uaos betc7een Africans it means a Reside L :istt.ts Court. Accordinly, only the iigh iourt and a Court of Resident eistrate hve been seized with jurisdiction to of:er remedies in cases arising out of the L.arria;e Ordinance. The Liagistrate's Courts Act, Cap.537 lays down the jurisdiction of primary courts. Under section 14 of this Act, a primary court has jurisdic- tion in proceedj.n:s (a) of a civil nature where the law applicable is % customary law or Islamic law including those for the rccovcry of civil debts, rent or interest due to the Republic, c-oven'uaent, etue's , It is obvious that as the Christian marriage is not governed by customary or Islamic law bwt by the genoral law, the primary court cannot entertain asuit invol- ving such arriage In any case, as stated above, the Llatrinonial Causes Act, Ca.p.364, which gOVernS Christian ilarriages, does not include a primary court as a court competent to offer relief in Christian marriages. There is yet no written law uhich cfers jurisdiction on thd priarny courts to try cases in which a. marriage under Cap.109 is in issue. Ror the above reasons, I an satIsfied th&t the primary court had no jurisdiction to entertain this suit Tiie district court :roperly direc- ted itself on the neotion of jurisdiction and this was one o: the reasons for reversing the decision of the primary court. It becomes unnecessary for thisCourt to look into uhother the respondent was the proper party to sue, however, for avoidance of any doubt, it must be acede clear that the procedure by which a husband sues his imn.er--•in-j.aw icr resuruion 01 conugci rlglrGs wnen in a esuen conju.gai riahts are in respect of the wife is certainly wrong. The procedure open to th appellant was to petition against thewife in a Resident Lagistrate' s Cort Thus the respondent was v'ong1y made a defendant in ahe courts belocv.?urther from the record it appears the old man Katemana is neither hiding, harbouring nor restraining his dau):iter from returning to Joseph As a matter of caution, I would furthc advise the appellant that a competent court can pronounce a decree of restitution of conjugal rights (which rights are unhaom to customary law) it cannot force the wife to go back to the husband. In the result, his lasthopo may be to institute proedings for divorce or judicial separation Tho appeal is dianiibsed but I think in all the circumstances, there will he no order for costs. Delivered in Court at Iivanza on this the 22nd day of April, 1970. J (E. h. 3eton)