MARRIAGES (VALIDATION) ACT

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MARRIAGES (VALIDATION) ACT

CHAPTER F15 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.     Validation of Marriages celebrated in Western Nigeria.

2,     Validation of Marriages celebrated in Northern Nigeria.

3.     Validation of Marriages celebrated in East-Central, Rivers and South Eastern States.

4.     Certificates etc. to be evidence

5.     Savings

6.     Short title, extent and repeal.

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MARRIAGES (VALIDATION) ACT

An Act to validate certain marriages celebrated in the Western, Eastern and Northern States of Nigeria between 1st January 1954 and the commencement of this Act, which were considered to be of doubtful validity. 

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[Commencement] [11th August, 1971]                    

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