Section 9 provides the remedy of restitution of conjugal rights — where one spouse abandons the other without justification, the abandoned spouse can seek a court decree directing the withdrawing spouse to resume cohabitation. This remedy survived constitutional scrutiny in Saroj Rani vs. Sudarshan Kumar (1984), though the Andhra Pradesh HC had earlier struck down a similar provision in T. Sareetha vs. Venkata Subbaiah. Section 13 deals with divorce, Section 11 with void marriages, and Section 6 with guardianship.

1. 1 Pick up HMA 1955.
2. 2 Check Section 6 → guardianship. Not this.
3. 3 Check Section 9 → 'Restitution of conjugal rights.' ✓ Found it.
4. 4 Section 11 = void marriages. Section 13 = divorce.

The text reads: Section 9 HMA: When either the husband or wife has withdrawn from the society of the other without reasonable excuse, the aggrieved party may apply for restitution of conjugal rights.