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![handle is hein.llcr/locafmf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MA RRLAGE LAWS AND DIVORCE IN SIERRA LEONE.
The Laws ofSierra Leone, 1960 as amended lists the thilowing statutes as applicable to marriage
other than customary law marriage-: The Christian Marriage Act, 1907 as amended by the
Christian Marriage (Amendment), 19651 ; the Civil Marriage Act, 1910 as amended by the Civil
Marriage (Amendment) Act of 1965 the Foreign Marriage Act, 1913 as amended3; the Marriage
of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1916 as amended4and the Mohammedan Marriage Act 1905
as amended
(A) Statutory Marriages.
Joke Smart6 perhaps captures the essence of statutory marriages in Sierra leone when he states:-
It will therefore suffice to mention that the general family law governs monogamous marriages
under the various statutes in force in Sierra Leone, namely the Christian Marriage Act... [and] the
Civil Marriage Act,...The Christian Marriage Act provides for marriage services conducted in
2 The Laws c/ sierra Leone, Ch. 95 ( 1960). See also, 1 965 Supplement to the Laws of
Sierra Leone with an Index of Legislation in Force, A89-A90.
d., Ch. 97. See also 1965 Supplement to the Laws of Sierra Leone with an Index of
Legislation in Force, A55-A56.
id., Ch. 98
ld-, Ch.99
Id. Ch. 96
1-EM. Joke-Smart, Sierra Leone Customary Familv Law ( 1983).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.llcr/locafmf0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)