Civil Proceedings Evidence Act, 1965 (Act No. 25 of 1965)

Part II : Admissibility of Evidence

10A. Status of certain marriages

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Any customary marriage or customary union, concluded under the indigenous law and custom of any of the indigenous peoples of the Republic of South Africa or any marriage concluded under any system of religious law, shall be regarded as a valid marriage for the purposes of the law of evidence.

 

[Section 10A inserted by section 4 of Act No. 18 of 1996]