law: Convert's Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
  12. Points to be proved on appearance of
  
  petitioner
  On the day fixed in' the citation the petitioner
  
  shall appear in Court, and the following points shall be proved:-
  (1) the identity of the parties;
  (2) the marriage between the petitioner and
  
  the respondent;
  (3) that the male party to the suit has
  
  completed the age of sixteen years, and that the female party to the suit has
  
  completed the age of thirteen years;
  (4) the desertion or repudiation of the
  
  petitioner by the respondent;
  (5) that such desertion or repudiation was in
  
  consequence of the petitioner's change of religion;
  (6) and that such desertion or repudiation had
  
  continued for the six months immediately before the commencement of the suit.