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Recognition of foreign divorces.
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5.—(1) For the rule of law that a divorce is recognised if granted in a country where both spouses are domiciled, there is hereby substituted a rule that a divorce shall be recognised if granted in the country where either spouse is domiciled.
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(2) In relation to a country which has in matters of divorce two or more systems applying in different territorial units, this section shall, without prejudice to subsection (3) of this section, have effect as if each territorial unit were a separate country.
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(3) A divorce granted in any of the following jurisdictions—
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(a) England and Wales,
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(b) Scotland,
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(c) Northern Ireland,
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(d) the Isle of Man,
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(e) the Channel Islands,
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shall be recognised if either spouse is domiciled in any of those jurisdictions.
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(4) In a case where neither spouse is domiciled in the State, a divorce shall be recognised if, although not granted in the country where either spouse is domiciled, it is recognised in the country or countries where the spouses are domiciled.
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(5) This section shall apply to a divorce granted after the commencement of this Act.
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(6) Nothing in this section shall affect a ground on which a court may refuse to recognise a divorce, other than such a ground related to the question whether a spouse is domiciled in a particular country, or whether the divorce is recognised in a country where a spouse is domiciled.
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(7) In this section—
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“divorce” means divorce a vinculo matrimonii;
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“domiciled” means domiciled at the date of the institution of the proceedings for divorce.
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