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Indian Laws Amendment Act, 1964 (No. 43 of 1964)
Act
to amend
- the Indians Relief Act, 1914 [repealed in 1975], and
- the Indians Laws Amendment Act, 1963.
(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 15th May, 1964.)
Be it enacted by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
Insertion of section 2bis in Act 22 of 1914.
1. The Indians Relief Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the insertion after section two of the following section:-
"Application of the provisions of sectons 24, 25, 26 and 27 of Act 25 of 1961 in relation to the registration of unions under Act 22 of 1914.
2bis. The provisions of sections twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven of the Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961), shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to the registration of a union under the provisions of section two of this Act as if such registration were the solemnization or contracting of a marriage within the meaning of the Marriage Act, 1961: Provided that any reference in the said sections to the Minister shall for the purposes of such application be interpreted as a reference to the Minister of Indian Affairs.".
Amendment of section 6 of Act 22 of 1914 as amended by section 11 of Act 37 of 1927, section 18 of Act 45 of 1931 and section 4 of Act 68 of 1963.
2. Section six of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following sub-section:
"(3) The Minister may make regulations prescribing the form of request and generally for the better carrymg out of the objects and purposes of this section.".
Amendment of section 5 of Act 68 of 1963.
3. Section five of the Indians Laws Amendment Act, 1963, is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-section (7) sections of of the following sub-section:
"(7) Any marriage between an Indian male and an Indian female which purports to have been dissolved by order of any magistrate in the province of Natal in terms of section seventy-eight of the Indian Immigration Law, 1891 (Act No. 25 of 1891 of Natal), shall, except where such order has been reversed upon appeal to the Supreme Court, be deemed to have been correctly dissolved with effect from the date stated in such order.".
Short title.
4. This Act shall be called the Indians Laws Amendment Act, 1964.
Commencement
22 May 1964
