Namibia: Marriage Act, No. 14 of 2024
Published: 30/Dec/2024
To regulate the solemnisation of marriages; to provide for the validation and recognition of certain marriages; and to provide for incidental matters.
Section 32 provides:
Good faith marriages
(1) A marriage between a Namibian citizen and a foreign national who is not a permanent resident of Namibia is not in good faith and not valid for the purposes of domicile, residence or citizenship in Namibia if the Minister concludes, after an investigation as provided for in this Act, that the marriage was entered into primarily for the purpose of the foreign national acquiring Namibian domicile, residence or citizenship, even if the marriage meets all the other requirements of this Act.
(2) The Minister must prescribe criteria which may be used to determine the good faith of a marriage under subsection (1).
(3) The Minister must cause an investigation to be carried out according to the prescribed rules and procedures in respect of a marriage that is suspected of not being in good faith.
(4) The investigation must be concluded within a reasonable period after the solemnisation of the marriage
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