99. Section 614 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section; and |
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| (2) by the addition, immediately after the re-numbered subsection (1), of the following new subsections:-
| | "(2) A husband may present a petition for alimony pending the action. The provisions of the preceding subsection shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such application. | | |
| | (3) Where one of the spouses is not possessed of sufficient income or means to defray the cost of litigation, the court may at any stage of the action order the spouse who is possessed of sufficient income or means to pay to the other spouse such sum on account of costs as it considers reasonable.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts