Magistrates Act, 1993 (Act No. 90 of 1993)

15A. Equal benefits accruing to spouses and partners of magistrates

Purchase

If a magistrate who is not legally married is involved with not more than one person in a permanent heterosexual or same-sex life partnership—

(a)	in which the magistrate and the person concerned have undertaken reciprocal duties of support; and

(b)	which is registered with the Director-General: Justice and Constitutional Development in accordance with the regulations made under section 16,

that person is for all relevant purposes of this Act regarded as the lawfully wedded spouse of that magistrate.

[Section 15A inserted by section 5 of Act No. 28 of 2003]