The Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Act, 2024

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An Act to amend the Matrimonial Causes Act, 2007.
[16th August, 2016
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia.
1. This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes
(Amendment) Act, 2024, and shall be read as one with the
Matrimonial Causes Act, 2007, in this Act referred to as the principal
Act.
2. Section 2(1) is amended by the insertion of the following
new definition in the appropriate place:
“child” has the meaning assigned to the word in the
Constitution;.
3. Section 27(1)(a) of the principal Act is amended by the
deletion of paragraph (ii) and the substitution therefor of the following:
(ii) either party to the marriage was a child at the time the
marriage was celebrated;.
Enactment
Short title
Act No. 20
of 2007
Amendment
of section 2
Cap. 1
Amendment
of section 27
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 6 of 2024
Date of Assent: 16th August, 2024
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K4.00 each.

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