Marriage and Divorce

This Ordinance (OG 643) amends the common law by setting forth additional grounds for divorce. Summary: This Act (SA GG 2635) concerns jurisdiction over divorce proceedings. Applicability to SWA: Section 7bis of the Act defines " Republic " to include the territory of South West Africa. Section 7ter, as inserted by Act 17 of 1943, originally stated " This Act shall apply to the Mandated Territory of SouthWest Africa and the port and settlement of Walvis Bay, and for the purpose of such application the High Court of SouthWest Africa shall be deemed to be a provincial division of the Supreme Court of South Africa." As substituted by Act 70 of 1968 with retroactive effect from 18 October 1953, section 7ter states " This Act and any amendment thereof shall apply also in the territory of South West Africa, including the Eastern