Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[FAM 154] Interpretation154 

154
In this Part—
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.