• 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