This applies to civil marriage and customary marriage as well as other relationships.

The Committee notes with concern the customary practice of early marriage.

There were no plans to legislate with respect to Aboriginal customary marriage.

Any religious or customary marriage which did not comply with the Marriage Act apos s provisions was not valid.

The new Code had abrogated customary law with immediate effect, and thus none of the earlier customary provisions regarding marriage, the separation of property in marriage, children, and so on, henceforth had any validity.

This law, except for giving husbands and wives in both civil and customary marriages equal power of guardianship in respect of children of marriage, did not address the gender inequalities in customary marriage when it comes to their estate.

Customary practice supported the principle that property acquired before the marriage remained the property of the family.

In accordance with the customary law, marriage is used as a means to structure reproduction and land possession.

Customary marriage has, traditionally, been regarded as a union between the families of the bride and groom families.

So far customary law had a large bearing on the determination of the issues of marriage and inheritance.

It recommended that the customary marriage law be reformed so that customary marriages were registered, in order to give women married under that law equal rights and benefits with men.

Discourage, through the media and other means, customary laws and practices such as early marriage, polygamy, and female genital mutilation.

Even though the only valid family union in the country is the official marriage, the practice of the majority of people in the country is customary marriage between men and women.

Regarding the responsibilities of the couple following marriage, these are also different, both before the Law and under the Customary Law.

There is no set legal age for marriage under customary law, which suggests that early marriages and their consequences are widespread.

Nevertheless, every citizen may, prior to entering into marriage, opt for a civil or a customary wedding with his or her spouse.

Under the Civil Code, consent is a prerequisite for any marriage to be considered valid whereas under customary law it is not always required.

Great concern was also expressed regarding the violation of women apos s rights in general, particularly the rights of those women under customary marriage laws.

The rules for divorce and inheritance depended on the personal law applicable in the type of marriage one had contracted, i.e. Muslim, Christian, civil or customary.

The new Code abrogated the discriminatory aspects of inheritance code under the customary law but did so within traditional marriage structures that were still in place.

Afghanistan s Customary Anguish

C. Customary law

15.2 Customary Marriages

Moreover, while the Civil Code specifies that parental consent is needed in the event of the marriage of minors, under most systems of customary law, given that marriage is a family matter, the consent of the persons concerned is only of symbolic importance.

1963 1964 Field Research in Sierra Leone and the Gambia recording, restating, customary laws on land, marriage and succession, political institutions of the indigenous societies of the two countries.

Marriage naturally follows a marriage meeting.

(b) Customary international law

Cup, U.S. customary units.

Pound, U.S. customary units.

That's the customary allowance.

At the level of customary mores, access to land is managed by a complex network of social security that is built around marriage, as a basis of alliances among families.

15.2 The Namibian law does not make provision for the registration of customary marriages, and their unions are therefore not recognised as marriage for legal purposes like obtaining joint assets.

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Human Rights and Customary Law

Was that customary with him?

An oldfashioned marriage Is my kind of marriage

Customary practices, for example, in relation to marriage and inheritance, and stereotypic attitudes and discriminatory behaviour may limit women's choices and opportunities in employment, education and training, and access to health services.

4. In order to safeguard Kanak tradition, there are also eight customary regions, each with its own Consultative Customary Council, as well as a Territory wide Customary Council.

4. In order to safeguard Kanak tradition, there are also eight customary regions, each with its own Consultative Customary Council, as well as a Territory wide Customary Council.

Because it's an arranged marriage, not a love marriage.

It was a marriage just like any other marriage.