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Section 4, Marriage and Divorce Act, 2007
Status not yet checkedMarriage and Divorce Act, 2007, Sierra Leone
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who enters acustomary marriage (whether it is potentially or actually polygamous)
shall not subsequently marry any other person by Christian, Muslim
or civil rites during the existence of the customary marriage.
(2) A person may enter a Christian, Muslim or civil marriage
after a customary marriage if it is with the same person with whom he
entered the customary marriage and the customary marriage shall be
deemed to have been dissolved after such Christian, Muslim or civil
Interpretation.
Validity of
customary
Act No. 1
of 2004.
Act No. 1
of 2004.
Relationship
between customary
marriage and
marriage by
Christian,
Muslim or
or civil rites.
Effect
of customary
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Cap 96
Act 97
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