Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Officiation of Islamic marriages
(1) A marriage under this Part shall be officiated by a kadhi, sheikh or imam as may be authorised by the Registrar and celebrated…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Application of Islamic law
This Part shall only apply to persons who profess the Islamic faith.
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Persons authorised by Registrar to solemnize Hindu marriages
(1) A marriage under this Part is may be officiated by a person authorised by the Registrar and in accordance with the Hindu relig…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Application of this Part
This Part shall apply only to persons who profess the Hindu faith.
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Contents of notification of Customary marriage
(1) The notification under section 25 shall— (a) specify the customary law applied in the marriage of such parties; and (b) contai…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Notification of Customary marriage
The parties to a customary marriage shall notify the Registrar of such marriage within three months of completion of the relevant…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Governing law for Customary marriage
(1) A marriage under this Part shall be celebrated in accordance with the customs of the communities of one or both of the parties…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Duty to register marriages
(1) A person who celebrates or officiates at a marriage shall deliver a copy of the marriage certificate to the Registrar and the…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Appointment of diplomatic staff as celebrants of marriage
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may appoint by notice in the Gazette a member of the diplomatic staff of Kenya in a foreign country to w…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Recognition of foreign marriages as civil marriages in Kenya
A civil marriage contracted in a foreign country shall be recognized as a valid marriage if— (a) it is contracted in accordance wi…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Civil marriages at the Kenyan embassy, high commission or Consulate for Kenyan citizens
(1) A Kenyan may celebrate a civil marriage in a Kenyan embassy, high commission or consulate in a foreign country if— (a) it is c…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Civil marriages in foreign countries
A marriage celebrated in a foreign country otherwise than in accordance with section 37 is valid if— (a) it was contracted in acco…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Civil marriages at the Kenyan embassy, high commission or consulate for non-Kenyan citizens
A person who is not a Kenyan may celebrate a marriage under this Part in a foreign country if the marriage is celebrated in the pr…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Certificate of no impediment
(1) If the Registrar is satisfied that no impediment to the intended marriage exists, the Registrar shall celebrate the marriage.…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Contracting a civil marriage
When a marriage has been celebrated in the presence of a Registrar, the Registrar shall— (a) complete and sign a marriage certific…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Effect of appeal on the findings of an objection
(1) The provisions of section 30 apply with the necessary modifications. (2) Unless a notice of objection has been withdrawn the R…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Power of Registrar to dispense with notice
(1) Subject to section 25, the Registrar may, by licence in the prescribed form, dispense with the notice required by section 27 w…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Certificate of no impediment
(1) Where a person does not object to the celebration of a marriage, the Registrar shall issue the persons intending to marry with…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Appeal proceedings
(1) The court shall hear and determine any appeal expeditiously. (2) The court may hear and determine an appeal despite the failur…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Effect of an appeal to an objection
A marriage ceremony may not be performed until any appeal that has been made against a decision of the Registrar to permit the mar…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Determination of objection
(1) The Registrar shall hear an objection under section 28 within seven days of the Registrar receiving the notice of objection. (…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Obligation of the person in charge of a place where a marriage is to be celebrated in relation to objections
(1) Upon receiving a notice of objection, the person in charge of a place where the marriage is to be celebrated shall hear the ob…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Objection to a notice of intention to marry
(1) A person who knows of an impediment to an intended marriage may give a written notice of objection to the Registrar or the per…
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Marriage Act CAP 150▤
Publication of notice of intention to marry
After receiving a notice under section 25, the Registrar shall publish such notice in the prescribed manner in the place where the…
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