Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961)

24. Marriage of minors

Purchase

(1)	No marriage officer shall solemnize a marriage between parties of whom one or both are minors unless the consent to the party or parties which is legally required for the purpose of contracting the marriage has been granted and furnished to him in writing.

(2)	For the purposes of sub-section (1) a minor does not include a person who is under the age of twenty-one years and previously contracted a valid marriage which has been dissolved by death or divorce.