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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Recognition of Customary
Marriages Act, No. 120 of 1998
Long title
To make provision for the recognition of customary marriages; to specify the requirements for a valid customary marriage; to regulate the registration of customary marriages; to provide for the equal status and capacity of spouses in customary marriages; to regulate the proprietary consequences of customary marriages and the capacity of spouses of such marriages; to regulate the dissolution of customary marriages; to provide for the making of regulations; to repeal certain provisions of certain laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Long title
To make provision for the recognition of customary marriages; to specify the requirements for a valid customary marriage; to regulate the registration of customary marriages; to provide for the equal status and capacity of spouses in customary marriages; to regulate the proprietary consequences of customary marriages and the capacity of spouses of such marriages; to regulate the dissolution of customary marriages; to provide for the making of regulations; to repeal certain provisions of certain laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Recognition
of customary marriages |
| 3. | Requirements
for validity of customary marriages |
| 4. | Registration
of customary marriages |
| 5. | Determination
of age of minor |
| 6. | Equal
status and capacity of spouses |
| 7. | Proprietary consequences of customary marriages and contractual capacity of spouses |
| 8. | Dissolution
of customary marriages |
| 9. | Age of majority |
| 10. | Change
of marriage system |
| 11. | Regulations |
| 12. | Amendment
of laws |
| 13. | Repeal
of laws |
| 14. | Short
title and commencement |
| Sch. | SCHEDULE. REPEAL OF LAWS (SECTION 12) [s12] |
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