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The Marriages Act (Shona: Mutemo weWanano; [9] Northern Ndebele: uMthetho woMtshado), [a] enacted in 2022 by the Parliament of Zimbabwe, defines civil marriage as "[being] monogamous, that is to say, it is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others and no person may contract any other marriage during the subsistence of a ...
In addition, on 28 June 2022 in the case Women's Legal Centre Trust v President, the Constitutional Court handed down an order that declared the Marriage Act and the Divorce Act inconsistent with sections 9, 10, 28 and 34 of the Constitution due to their failure to recognize marriages solemnised under sharia. The declaration of constitutional ...
Zimbabwe does not recognise same-sex marriage or civil unions. In 2013, the Zimbabwe Constitution was amended to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. [17] In May 2019, Mnangagwa's Cabinet approved amendments to Zimbabwean marriage law, which would ban both child marriages and same-sex marriages, lining it with the Constitution. [18]
Polygamy in Zimbabwe was traditionally practised by the tribal chiefs as a means of elevating their social standing, though they would typically only take two or three wives. [3] According to a 2008 William & Mary Law School study, an estimated 18 percent of Zimbabwean women belong to polygamous marriages. [ 2 ]
Marriage Act 1939; Foreign Marriage Act 1947; Marriage Act 1949; Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954; Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958; Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959; Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 29) Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire) Act 1962; Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970; Marriage Act 1983
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Constitution of Zimbabwe, as amended up to 20th June 2023 (PDF), 20 June 2023: Commissioned by: 2008–2009 Zimbabwean political negotiations: Author(s) Parliamentary Select Committee: Signatories: Robert Mugabe: Supersedes: Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act, 2008