Matrimonial Property Act, 1984/2009-02-17

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as amended by

Matrimonial Property Amendment Act, No. 91 of 1986 Intestate Succession Act, No. 81 of 1987 Marriage and Matrimonial Property Law Amendment Act, No. 3 of 1988 Insolvency Amendment Act, No. 122 of 1993 General Law Fourth Amendment Act, No. 132 of 1993 Guardianship Act, No. 192 of 1993 Justice Laws Rationalisation Act, No. 18 of 1996 National Credit Act, No. 34 of 2005 Judicial Matters Amendment Act, No. 66 of 2008

CHAPTER IV

18. Notwithstanding the fact that a spouse is married in community of property—

any amount recovered by him or her by way of damages, other than damages for patrimonial loss, by reason of a delict committed against him or her, does not fall into the joint estate but becomes his or her separate property;

he or she may recover from the other spouse damages in respect of bodily injuries suffered by him or her and attributable either wholly or in part to the fault of that spouse and these damages do not fall into the joint estate but become the separate property of the injured spouse.