Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 PART III CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES ACT [CHAPTER 5:07] 1. In section 11 by the repeal of subsection (2). 2. By the repeal of section 15 and the substitution of— “15A Legality of marriages between persons within certain degrees of affinity or consanguinity (1) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that, on and after the date of commencement of the Criminal Law Code— (a) no persons who are related to each other in any degree of relationship specified in subsection (2) of section 75 of the Criminal Law Code shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, unless, in the case of persons who are related to each other as first or second cousins, they satisfy the customary marriage officer that they belong to a community referred to in subsection (3) of section 75 of the Criminal Law Code; (b) persons who are related to each other by affinity shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage if the affinity relationship between them is not one described in paragraph (b) or (j) of subsection (2) of section 75 of the Criminal Law Code. (2) Subsection (2) of section 24 of the Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] shall apply to persons who marry or purport to marry in contravention of paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of section 75 of the Criminal Law Code. (3) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that a marriage between persons who are related to each other as first or second cousins shall not be void or voidable if such marriage was contracted before the date of commencement of the Criminal Law Code.”. PART IV MARRIAGE ACT [CHAPTER 5:11] By the repeal of section 24 and the substitution of— “24 Legality of marriages between persons within certain degrees of affinity or consanguinity (1) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that, on and after the date of commencement of the Criminal Law Code— (a) no persons who are related to each other in any degree of relationship specified in subsection (2) of section 75 of the Criminal Law Code shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, unless, in the case of persons who are related to each other as first or second cousins, they satisfy the marriage officer that they belong to a community referred to in subsection (3) of section 75 of the Criminal Law Code; (b) persons who are related to each other by affinity shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage if the affinity relationship between them is not one described - 162 -