Page:Marriage Amendment Act 1970 from Government Gazette.djvu/2

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER, 1970

To amend the Marriage Act, 1961, so as to assign the administration of the provisions thereof in respect of any Bantu in the Republic and any member of any of the native nations in the territory of South-West Africa to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, and to provide that the administration of certain other laws may be assigned to the said Minister in respect of any Bantu; to abolish banns of marriage, notices of intention to marry and special marriage licences; to enable girls of the age of fifteen years to marry without the permission of the Minister; to apply the said Act to the territory of South-West Africa, including the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel; and to provide for incidental matters.

E IT ENACTED by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―

1. Section 1 of the Marriage Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―

by the substitution for the definition of “Bantu Affairs Commissioner” of the following definition: “‘Bantu Affairs Commissioner’ includes an Additional Bantu Affairs Commissioner, an Assistant Bantu Affairs Commissioner, a Native Commissioner, an Additional Native Commissioner and an Assistant Native Commissioner;”;

by the substitution for the definition of “Minister” of the following definition: “‘Minister’ means the Minister of the Interior or, in relation to any person who is a Bantu as defined in the Population Registration Act, 1950 (Act No. 30 of 1950), or is a native (excluding a Nama) as defined in section 25 of the Native Administration Proclamation, 1928 (Proclamation No. 15 of 1928), of South-West Africa, the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development;”; and

by the substitution for the definition of “prior law” of the following definition: “‘prior law’ means any law repealed by this Act or the Marriage Amendment Act, 1970, or any provision of any law declared by proclamation under section 39 (5) no longer to apply.”.