Section 98 of Marriage Act CAP 150: Savings

(1) A subsisting marriage which under any written or customary law hitherto in force constituted a valid marriage immediately before the coming to force of this Act is valid for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Proceedings commenced under any written law shall, so far as practicable, be continued in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(3) Despite subsection (2), an order for judicial separation or decree of divorce granted under any written law shall in relation to the powers of the court regarding maintenance be deemed to be a decree of separation or divorce as the case may granted under this Act.

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