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I got married in 1984. Very young. Divorced soon after. Remarried in 1987. I can't find the divorce papers of my first marriage and thus can not receive my pension money as the government needs to see the divorce papers Magistrate court can't help Please assist
The supplied sources do not address how to obtain a copy of a divorce order or decree, nor do they state that Government pension payment requires one. They therefore cannot establish what document the pension authority requires or what the Magistrate’s Court must do. 6
You may make a written application, and pay any prescribed fee, for a search of a marriage register in the custody of the relevant registrar, marriage officer or magistrate and request a certified copy of an entry or attached document. A certificate issued under that provision is prima facie evidence of its contents in courts and public offices. 2
If the difficulty is that the 1984 marriage record cannot be found, the Registrar-General has a process for late registration: submit available supporting material, which may include a marriage certificate, register copy, religious records, antenuptial contract, photographs or other evidence. The Registrar-General must publish notice and assess the evidence, and may investigate by questioning spouses, witnesses and the marriage officer. If satisfied that a valid Namibian marriage occurred, the Registrar-General must register it and can issue a duplicate certificate where the original was lost, stolen or destroyed. 1 3 4
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Civil Registration and Identification Act 13 of 2024
(h) any supporting documentation, including - (i) an original or a copy of the relevant marriage certificate; (ii) a copy of the marriage register maintained by the marriage officer confirming that the marriage took place; (iii) relevant documentation from the religious denomination or organisation, if any; (iv) a certified copy of an antenuptial contract, if applicable; and (v) wedding photographs or other evidence; (i) evidence of the matrimonial property regime which applied to the marriage; and (j) any other information that the Minister may prescribe. (3) The registrar must, within ten days after receipt of the application in terms of subsection (1), forward the application to the Regis...
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magistrate upon receipt by him of a written application from any person and upon payment of the prescribed fee, (if any) to cause search to be made in any births, deaths or marriage register which is in terms of this Act or a law relating to the registration of births, marriages or deaths which was in force in the Republic in the custody of such officer, and, subject to the provisions of subsection (4), and of any regulation, to issue a certified copy in the prescribed form of any entry contained in such register or in any document attached to such register. [subsection (1) substituted by Act 18 of 1968 and by Act 58 of 1970, and amended by AG 3 of 1979 and by Act 5 of 1987] (2) [subsection...
Civil Registration and Identification Act 13 of 2024
(v) wedding photographs or other evidence; (i) evidence of the matrimonial property regime which applied to the marriage; and (j) any other information that the Minister may prescribe. (3) The registrar must, within ten days after receipt of the application in terms of subsection (1), forward the application to the Registrar-General with such supporting information as may be relevant. (4) On receipt of an application in terms of subsection (3), if the original marriage record cannot be located, the Registrar-General must publish a public notice as contemplated in subsection (5) containing - (a) the full names and surnames of the spouses and their dates of birth; (b) the date or approximate d...
Civil Registration and Identification Act 13 of 2024
(b) consider any information or objections received in response to the public notice; and (c) conduct any investigation which the Registrar-General may consider necessary to determine whether the marriage should be registered, including questioning the spouses, the witnesses to the marriage and the marriage officer. (7) If the Registrar-General, after locating the original marriage record or after complying with subsection (6) where the original marriage record cannot be located, is satisfied that a valid marriage took place within Namibia and that it has not been registered in terms of this section, the Registrar-General must register the marriage under this Act, with a notation indicating...
Civil Registration and Identification Act 13 of 2024
(b) consider any information or objections received in response to the public notice; and (c) conduct any investigation which the Registrar-General may consider necessary to determine whether the marriage should be registered, including questioning the spouses, the witnesses to the marriage and the marriage officer. (7) If the Registrar-General, after locating the original marriage record or after complying with subsection (6) where the original marriage record cannot be located, is satisfied that a valid marriage took place within Namibia and that it has not been registered in terms of this section, the Registrar-General must register the marriage under this Act, with a notation indicating...
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Republic of Namibia 9 Annotated Statutes Government Service Pension Act 57 of 1973 (RSA ) (c) if he was so appointed on or after the twenty-fourth day of June 1955 and gives such notice at least three months prior to the date on which he attains the age of fifty-eight years, he shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (11)(a), be retired on pension with effect from the date on which he attains that age; (d) if he was so appointed on or after the twenty-fourth day of June 1955 and gives such notice but such notice is not given at least three months prior to the date on which he attains the age of fifty-eight years, he shall be retired on pension with effect from the first day of the fou...