• Divorce Act, 1979 (Act No 70 of 1979)
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Jurisdiction
  • 3. Dissolution of marriage and grounds of divorce
  • 4. Irretrievable break-down of marriage as ground of divorce
  • 5. Mental illness or continuous unconsciousness as grounds of divorce
  • 5A. Refusal to grant divorce
  • 6. Safeguarding of interests of dependent and minor children
  • 7. Division of assets and maintenance of parties
  • 8. Rescission, suspension or variation of orders
  • 9. Forfeiture of patrimonial benefits of marriage
  • 10. Costs
  • 11. Procedure
  • 12. Limitation of publication of particulars of divorce action
  • 13. Recognition of certain foreign divorce orders
  • 14. Abolition of orders for restitution of conjugal rights and judicial separation
  • 15. Application of Act
  • 16. Amendment of section 5 of Act 37 of 1953, as amended by section 2 of Act 13 of 1966
  • 17. Amendment of section 72 of Act 66 of 1965, as amended by section 7 of Act 54 of 1970
  • 18. Repeal of laws
  • 19. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule