Marriage Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
In force, and amended by 1 amendment Act. Check the amendments before relying on the wording of a section.
The Marriage Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 57 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Marriage Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Marriage Act
- S. 1This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act. Short title
- S. 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation
- S. 3M arriage districts
- S. 4The Minister may from time to time appoint a Registrar-General of Marriages for Appointment of
- S. 5L icensing of places of public worship
- S. 6No marriage shall be solemnised unless notice of the intended marriage shall Notice of intended
- S. 7S ignature of notice
- S. 8F orms of notice to be supplied
- S. 9E ntry in Notice Book and publication of notice
- S. 10I ssue of certificate
- S. 11M arriage to take place within three months of date of notice
- S. 12I ssue of special licence
- S. 13Any person whose consent to a marriage is hereby required, or who may know Entry of caveat
- S. 14Whenever a caveat is entered against the issue of a certificate, the Registrar Procedure on entry of
- S. 15C ancellation (or otherwise) of caveat
- S. 16The High Court may, in its discretion if it shall consider that a caveat has been Costs of proceedings
- S. 17If either party to an intended marriage, not being a widower or widow, is under When consent to
- S. 18(1) If the person required to sign such consent is unable to write, he shall sign Signature to consent
- S. 19(1) If any parent or guardian, whose consent to a marriage is required, refuses Consent in case of
- S. 20S olemnisation of marriage by ministers
- S. 21R egistrar's certificate or special licence to be provided to minister
- S. 22M arriage in licensed building
- S. 23M arriage books
- S. 24C ompletion of marriage certificate
- S. 25The certificate shall then be signed in duplicate by the officiating minister, by Attestation of marriage
- S. 26M arriage before Registrar
- S. 27I ssue of marriage certificate by Registrar
- S. 28M arriage in building other than licensed building or Registrar's office
- S. 29R egistration of marriages by Registrar-General
- S. 30The Registrar-General may correct any clerical error in any certificate of Correction in Register
- S. 31C ertificate of marriage to be evidence
- S. 32I nvalid marriages
- S. 33V oid marriages
- S. 34M arriage under African customary law
- S. 35Every marriage solemnised in the portion of Zambia formerly known as Marriages already
- S. 36R ecords and evidence of such marriages
- S. 37C osts of transmission of records, etc.
- S. 38Any person who- Contracting marriage
- S. 39A ccomplices
- S. 40Whoever in any affidavit, declaration, licence, document or statement by law, False declarations,
- S. 41Whoever endeavours to prevent a marriage by falsely pretending that his False pretences in
- S. 42I llegal performance of ceremony
- S. 43F ailure to fill up and transmit certificates
- S. 44Whoever personates any other person in marriage, or marries under a false Personation
- S. 45F alse representation
- S. 46R ules
- S. 47M inisters may receive fees
- S. 48N otice when solemnisation intended in United Kingdom
- S. 49Section 49
- S. IGENERALPART I
- S. IIPRELIMINARIES TO MARRIAGEPART II
- S. IIICONSENT TO MARRIAGE IN CERTAIN CASES NECESSARYPART III
- S. IVSOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGEPART IV
- S. VREGISTRY AND EVIDENCE OF MARRIAGESPART V
- S. VIVALIDATION OF MARRIAGE ALREADY SOLEMNISEDPART VI
- S. VIIOFFENCES AND PENALTIESPART VII
- S. VIIIMISCELLANEOUSPART VIII