Cap. 571 Art. 22Rights of the respondent.

By means of a note presented in the acts of the said judicial letter, the respondent may, within sixty days from the date of notification:

(a) reject the claim on the ground that the parties are not truly cohabiting as required by this Act;

(b) oppose the date from which such cohabitation should be presumed to be in conformity with this Act, in which case the basic rights and duties referred to in this Act shall be deemed to have come into effect from the date mentioned by the respondent, save for the right of the applicant to provide evidence by sworn application that the date was indeed the one referred to in the judicial letter: Provided that where the cohabitation between the parties did not comply with article 21(1)(d) on the date referred to in the unilateral declaration, the date of commencement of cohabitation shall, for all purposes of the law, be considered to be the date from which the cohabitation could have been registered under the same article 21(1)(d), even where the respondent made no objection to that point during the stipulated time;

(c) present a contract of cohabitation drawn up and registered under this Act, in which case the judicial letter will be considered null and void.