Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961)38. Regulations |
| (1) | The Minister may make regulations as to— |
| (a) | the form and content of certificates, notices, affidavits and declarations for the purposes of this Act; |
| (b) | the fees payable for any certificate issued or any other act performed in terms of this Act, |
and, generally, as to any matter which by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or which he considers it necessary or expedient to prescribe in order that the purposes of this Act may be achieved or that the provisions of this Act may be effectively administered.
| (2) | Such regulations may prescribe penalties for a contravention thereof, not exceeding, in the case of a fine, fifty rand or, in the case of imprisonment, a period of three months. |
| (3) | Different and separate regulations may be made under subsection (1) in respect of different areas or in respect of persons belonging to different population groups, and regulations made under subsection (1) (b) shall be made in consultation with the Minister of Finance. |
(Section 38 substituted by Section 11(1) of Act 51 of 1970)
[Section 11(2) of Act 51 of 1970 says: Regulations made under section 38 of the principal Act and in force at the commencement of the Marriage Amendment Act, 1970, shall be deemed to have been made under the said section, as amended by this section, and shall remain in force until amended or repealed by the competent authority.]