3. If one of the parties was at the time of the marriage afflicted with leprosy, syphilis, epilepsy or a contagious and loathsome disease, and this fact was concealed and unknown to the other party. The disease must be incurable.
Divorce.—An absolute divorce upon proper grounds may be obtained by means of a judicial decree, royal authorization given to the higher civil authorities, authorization from the Minister of Justice, or a special royal decree.
The causes for an absolute divorce are:
1. The last two causes mentioned above as sufficient for an annulment.
2. Adultery.
3. Bigamy.
4. Wilful abandonment.
5. Absence for five years or more under circumstances leading a reasonable person to conclude that the absentee is dead. Exile or deportation from the country for at least seven years.
6. Imprisonment for life, if pardon or liberty is not given within seven years.
Extra-Judicial Divorce.—The Mayor of Copenhagen and the superior magistrate outside of Copenhagen—called the higher civil authorities—may give a royal authorization for a divorce in cases where the parties have lived apart for three years in consequence of a separation decree, and both parties ask for divorcement.