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Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998)
Notice No. 1553 of 1998
Act
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
Schedule : Repeal Of Laws
Regulations
Recognition of Customary Marriages Act Regulations
Notice No. R. 1101 of 2000
1. Definitions
2. Registration of customary marriages
3. Enquiry into existence of customary marriage
4. Consent to marriage by commissioner of child welfare
5. Determination of age of minor
6. Custody of records of customary marriages
7. Reproduction of documents
8. Verification, supplementation and rectification of particulars
9. Offences and penalties
10. Fees
11. Commencement
Annexures
Notices
Notice in terms of Section 4(3)(b) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
Notice No. R. 1390 of 2008
Notice in terms of Section 4(3)(a) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
Notice No. R. 1391 of 2008
Notice in terms of Section 4(3)(a) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
Notice No. 1045 of 2019
Notice in terms of Section 4(3)(a) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
Notice No. 5484 of 2024
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