Married Person�s Act to pass into law

Section 8 of the new Act provides for couples married under Common Law, to change their property, loss and profit regime from one type to another (either in community or out of) up to a maximum of two times. It allows the same for married couples subject to customary law, who have exempted their property from being administered under customary law.

Speaking yesterday at a workshop to unpack the new law to stakeholders, Ofentse Sebego, Principal Assistant Registrar of Deeds, said the old Act, which was first implemented in 1971, was inflexible and gave too short a period for the validation of property regimes.