72. Right to damages for adultery
(1) A husband or wife may baring a suit for damages against any person with whom his or her spouse has committed adultery:
Provided that no such proceeding shall lie–
(a) where the aggrieved party has consented to or connived at the adultery;
(b) where damages in respect of the alleged adultery have been claimed in a petition for divorce.
(2) A suit brought under this section shall be dismissed if the defendant satisfied the court that he or she did not know and could not, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have known that the person with whom he or she committed the act of adultery was married.
73. Right to damages for enticement
(1) A husband or wife may bring a suit for damages against any person who has, for any reason, enticed or induced his or her spouse to desert him or her.
(2) A suit brought under this section shall be dismissed if the court is satisfied that the conduct of the plaintiff has been such as to justify or excuse his or her spouse leaving the matrimonial home.
74. Assessment of damages for adultery or enticement
(1) Damages for adultery or enticement shall be in the discretion of the court but shall not include any exemplary or punitive element.
(2) In assessing such damages, the court shall have regard–
(a) to any relevant custom of the community to which the parties belong; and
(b) in cases of adultery, to the question whether husband and wife were living together or apart.
75. Jurisdiction of primary courts A primary court shall have jurisdiction to entertain a suit under this Part where the parties were married in accordance with customary law or in Islamic form or, in the case of a suit under section 69 or section 71, if the court is satisfied that had the parties proceeded to marry they would have married in accordance with customary law or in Islamic form.