PD 1083 Article 48

Divorce by zihar.

Article 48

ARTICLE 48. Divorce by zihar. — Where the husband has injuriously assimilated (zihar) his wife to any of his relatives within the prohibited degrees of marriage, they shall mutually refrain from having carnal relation until he shall have performed the prescribed expiation. The wife may ask the court to require her husband to perform the expiation or to pronounce a regular talaq should he fail or refuse to do so, without prejudice to her right of seeking other appropriate remedies.

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