Cap. 16 Art. 66LEffects of dissolution of marriage.

(1) When the competent civil court pronounces a divorce between the spouses, they shall have the right to remarry.

(2) The pronouncement of divorce shall have no effect upon the rights and obligations of the parties as parents in respect of their children or upon any agreement reached between the parties in respect of the custody of their children, without prejudice to the provisions of article 56A.

(3) The pronouncement of divorce shall have no effect upon the rights of third parties arising out of any agreement or obligation already concluded, or still to be concluded, by the divorced parties.

(4) The pronouncement of divorce as provided in sub-article

(1) has the following effects:

(a) the obligation of cohabitation of the parties shall, for all civil effects, cease;

(b) article 62 shall apply and mutatis mutandis;

(c) the rights of the spouses to the succession of each other shall cease with effect from the day when the decree or judgement of divorce becomes res judicata.

(5) The provisions of articles 54(7), 55A and 56A shall apply where the court considers it necessary to apply mutatis mutandis them after having considered the reasons brought before it.

(6) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 66D(5), sub-articles (4) to (10) of article 1332 and articles 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337 and 1340 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the partition of property between the spouses.