Portal:Acts of the Parliament of South Africa

“ A woman married out of community of property shall be assisted by her husband in executing any deed or other document required or permitted to be registered in any deeds registry or required or permitted to be produced in connection with any such deed or document, unless the marital power has been excluded or unless the assistance of the husband is in terms of this Act or on other grounds deemed by the registrar to be unnecessary.”. ”

“ Distribution of matrimonial property upon dissolution of marriage for want of consent of parents or guardian. 24. (1) If a court dissolves a marriage to which a minor is a party on the ground of want of consent of the parents or guardian of that minor, or a commissioner of child welfare whose consent is by law required for the entering into of a marriage, it may make such order with regard to the division of the matrimonial property of the spouses as it may deem just. ”

“ Where a party to an intended marriage does not for the purpose of proof of the net value of his estate at the commencement of his marriage declare that value in the antenuptial contract concerned, he may for such purpose declare that value before the marriage is entered into or within six months thereafter in a statement, which shall be signed by the other party, and cause the statement to be attested by a notary and filed with the copy of the antenuptial contract of the parties in the protocol of the notary before whom the antenuptial contract was executed. ”

“ From the commencement of the Matrimonial Property Act, 1984, immovable property, real rights in immovable property and notarial deeds which would upon transfer, cession or registration thereof form part of a joint estate shall be registered in the name of the husband and the wife, excluding agricultural land as defined in the Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act, 1970 (Act No. 70 of 1970) , unless that transfer, cession or registration takes place only in the name of a partnership, and the husband or wife is involved therein only in the capacity of partner in that partnership. ”

“ Amendment of section 1 of Act 13 of 1934, as amended by section 15 of Act 93 of 1962 and section 1 of Act 44 of 1982. 27. Section 1 of the Succession Act, 1934 (Act No. 13 of 1934) , is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:
“ (b)
if the spouses were married out of community of property and if the deceased spouse leaves any descendant who is entitled to succeed ab intestato, the surviving spouse shall succeed ”

“ In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—
(i)
“banking institution” means a banking institution as defined in section 1 of the Banks Act, 1965 (Act No. 23 of 1965) ; (ii)
“building society” means a building society as defined in section 1 of the Building Societies Act, 1965 (Act No. 24 of 1965) ”