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Maldives Family Act No. 4/2000.

Pays/Territoire
Maldives
Type du document
Législation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Général
Mot clé
Genre Gouvernance Droits de l'homme Équité Héritage
Aire géographique
Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Petits états insulaires en développement, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on the eighth day from the day of its publication in the Official Herald of the Republic of Serbia, and applied as of July 1, 2005.
Résumé

This Act makes provision in respect of the principles to be followed in the Maldives with regard to marriage, divorce, payment of maintenance, custody, guardianship, ascription of legitimacy, proof of paternity and certain other matters of family life in the Maldives. Where a Maldives national contracts a marriage with another Maldives national, or a Maldives national contracts a marriage with a foreign national, that marriage shall be solemnized in accordance with the provisions of this Act. A man shall be incapable of simultaneously contracting a marriage with more than 4 women. Where there is a woman suffering a period of iddah in respect of such a man, she shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a woman in simultaneous marriage with him.

Texte intégral
Anglais
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