1928.   Present: Jayewardene A.J.

RAN MENIKA v. MUDALIHAMY.

 525-P. C. Kegalla, 32,505.

Appeal-Maintenance Ordinance-Time limit.

Appeals in cases under the Maintenance Ordinance must be brought within a reasonable time.

THE facts appear from the judgment.

Schokman, for appellant.-The appellant was willing to take back his wife. She gives no reason for refusing to live with him. [JAYEWARDENE A.J. referred to the fact that the order was made in December, 1921.] There is no time limit for the appeal in a case of this kind (see Fernando v. Fernando [1 (1921) 23 N.L. R. 31.] ). Counsel also referred to 240-P. C. Kegalla, 22,493, where Schneider J. set aside an Order made over eighteen months ago.

September 12, 1923. JAYEWARDENE A.J.-

This is an appeal in a maintenance case from an order made by the Police Magistrate on December 7, 1921. The appellant is evidently taking full advantage of the judgment of this Court that the time limit fixed for appeals from cases from the Police Courts under the Criminal Procedure Code is not applicable to appeals under the Maintenance Ordinance. There is no doubt that the section of the Criminal Proc