Section 13, Marriage and Divorce Act, 2007

(1) Where a marriage registered under this Act has beendissolved in accordance with the applicable customary law, either party to the marriage or both parties shall, within six months of the dissolution, notify the local council that the marriage has been dissolved. (2) A notification under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration stating that the marriage has been dissolved in accordance with the applicable customary law. (3) The local council may, upon receipt of a notification, record the dissolution of the marriage in the register set out in the Third Schedule and may by notice in the form set out in the Second Schedule notify the public of the registration of the dissolution of the marriage. (4) The notice shall be displayed on a public notice board in the office of the local council within twenty-eight days after the receipt of such notification.