AN ACT TO ESTABLISH FAMILY DIVISIONS OF THE HIGH COURT AND THE MAGISTRATES COURT, TO MAKE FRESH PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, SPOUSAL AND CHILD SUPPORT, PARENTING RESPONSIBILITY AND SPOUSAL PROPERTY, TO PROVIDE FOR MARRIAGE COUNSELLING AND RECONCILIATION, AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
[FAM 154] Interpretation154
- de factorelationship
means the relationship between a man and a woman who live with each other as spouses on a genuine domestic basis although not legally married to each other;
[def insrt Decree No 34 of 2012 s 2, effective 25 April 2012]
- marriage
includes a void marriage;
- party to a marriage
includes a party to a de facto relationship;
[def insrt Decree No 34 of 2012 s 2, effective 25 April 2012]
- property
, of a party, without limiting its definition in section 2, does not include—
- (a)amounts standing to the credit of the party's accounts in the Fiji National Provident Fund; or
- (b)any interest of the party in real or leasehold property that is inalienable; and
[def subst Decree No 52 of 2011 s 141(2), effective 25 November 2011]
- re-marriage
- ,
in relation to a person who was a party to a purported marriage that is void, means marriage.
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