12. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 38:
| “Administration of certain other laws in respect of any Bantu. | 38A. (1) The State President may by proclamation in the Gazette assign the administration of any other law relating to marriages, to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, in respect of any Bantu. (2) The State President may from time to time by like proclamation revoke or amend any such proclamation.”. |
13. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 39:
| “Application of Act to the territory of South-West Africa, and repeal of laws of that territory. | 39A. (1) This Act and any amendment thereof shall apply also in the territory of South-West Africa, including the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel. (2) A reference in this Act to ‘Union’ or ‘province of the Union’ shall be deemed to include a reference to the territory of South-West Africa. (3) The Marriage Ordinance, 1963 (Ordinance No. 33 of 1963), sections 16 and 17 of the General Law Amendment Ordinance, 1965 (Ordinance No. 36 of 1965), and the Marriage Amendment Ordinance, 1967 (Ordinance No. 18 of 1967), of the territory of South-West Africa are hereby repealed. (4) Anything done under any provision of a law repealed by subsection (3) shall be deemed to have been done under the corresponding provision of this Act (if any). (5) Any marriage which is validated by or is valid in terms of any law repealed by subsection (3) shall not be affected by such repeal.”. |
14. This Act shall be called the Marriage Amendment Act, 1970, and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette.
