Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 27
27. (1) The obligation of any person to supply maintenance to
another shall cease if the person in whose favour such obligati on is
established, shall contract marriage, notwithstanding the oppos ition
of the person liable as aforesai d, provided such opposition be made
on good grounds, and the demand from the release from such
obligation be made by the person objecting within the time of six
months following the celebration of the marriage.
(2) Such opposition shall only be operative if it is made by
means of a judicial act to be served on each of the parties int ending
to contract the marriage, and fil ed in the registry of the civi l court,
in the island in which the person objecting, or either of the s aid
parties, resides.
Good grounds of
opposition to
marriage.
Amended by:
XLVI.1973.6.
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