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Section 14, Marriage and Divorce Act, 2007
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(1) Any person who knows of any cause why the localcouncil should not have registered the dissolution of the marriage
may, at any time after the publication of the notice under section 13,
file the grounds of his objection in a court.
(2) Copies of the grounds of objection shall be served on
the parties affected by the objection.
(3) If, upon the hearing of the grounds of objection, the
court is satisfied that -
(a) there are no grounds for the objection, it shall
dismiss the objection;
(b) there are grounds for the objection, the court
shall make an order empowering the local
council to expunge all entries made in the
register in respect of the dissolution of the
(4) Where entries in the register have been expunged under
subsection (3), the customary marriage shall be deemed not to have
been dissolved.
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