42.—(1) Section 120 (2) of the Succession Act, 1965 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words from “against whom the deceased obtained a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro,” to “and a spouse”.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not have effect in relation to a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro granted in proceedings instituted before the commencement of this Act.