Section 38: The period before conditional orders may be made final
71.This section sets the period which must elapse before a dissolution, nullity or presumption of death order may be made final. By subsection (1), the period is 6 weeks from the making of the conditional order (subject to a slight modification if this period ends on a day when the court office or registry is closed). Subsection (2) gives the Lord Chancellor power to make an order substituting a different period not exceeding 6 months. Subsection (4) provides that in particular cases the court may reduce the period (this might be relevant, for example, in the case of a deathbed dissolution and formation of a new civil partnership).
