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14 No. 6506
Government Gazette, 15 June 1979
Act No. 70, 1979
Divorce Act, 1979.
Repeal of laws.
18. The laws mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent set out in the third column of the Schedule.
Short title and commencement.
19. This Act shall be called the Divorce Act, 1979, and shall come into operation on 1 July 1979.
Schedule.
No. and year of law | Short title | Extent of repeal |
Act No. 32 of 1935 | Divorce Laws Amendment Act, 1935 | The whole |
Act No. 22 of 1939 | Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction Act, 1939 | The whole |
Act No. 17 of 1943 | Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction Amendment Act, 1943 | The whole |
Act No. 35 of 1945 | Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction Act, 1945 | The whole |
Act No. 37 of 1953 | Matrimonial Affairs Act, 1953 | Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 |
Act No. 70 of 1968 | General Law Amendment Act, 1968 | Sections 21, 22 and 23 |
Act No. 42 of 1974 | Publications Act, 1974 | Section 47 (2) (f) (iii) and (3) |