View notes marriage act, cap 150 from law g34 at university of nairobi. Marriage act, cap 150 laws of kenya the marriage act. Malawis child marriage rates are among the highest in. Appointment of registrargeneral, deputy and assistant registrarsgeneral. The law of marriage act, 1971 table of contents part i preliminary a general section title 1.
Prohibition of child marriage act, 2006 pdf download. The pdf for prohibition of child marriage act, 2006 is fit for mobile phones and has a good font. An act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the solemnization and registration of marriages in. Ms wordlike content editing experience thanks to a rich set of formatting tools, dropdowns, dialogs, system modules and builtin spellcheck. No marriage shall be solemnised unless notice of the intended marriage shall have been given in the prescribed form by one of the parties thereto to the registrar of the district in which the marriage is intended to take place not less than twentyone days. Tanzania the law of marriage act, 1971, as amended by. An act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the solemnization of marriages and matters incidental thereto. Published by the national council for law reporting with the authority of the. Marriage act 25 of 1961 sa sa gg 6670 came into force in south west africa on 1 february 1972 when the amendments made by act 51 of 1970, including the. Chapter 29 the law of marriage act between husband and. Civil registrar of marriages and marriage officer under this act cap. Ministers of religion, how far entitled to be marriage officers. New marriage law can change lives human rights watch.
The marriage, divorce and family relations act marriage act of 2015 became law following the presidents assent. The pdf for prohibition of child marriage act, 2006 also has internal links to help you read those sections or bare acts quickly. Conversion of marriage by customary law into legally binding marriage. Effect of nonobservance of the conditions of this act. To consolidate and amend the laws relating to the solemnization of marriages and matters incidental thereto.
518 1181 42 1136 389 613 323 1413 384 1132 410 1274 956 811 694 1359 1440 357 1180 1393 601 125 393 304 17 1053 281 1346 1294 905 818 17