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Chapter 9. - Conflicts in Cases Relating to Marriages and Divorces

Art. 623Existence of Valid Betrothal
Art. 624Disputes Arising Out of Betrothal
Art. 625Existence of Valid Marriage
Art. 626Difficulties Arising Out of Marriage
Art. 627Dissolution of Marriage by Death
Art. 628Petition for Divorce
Art. 629Disputes Arising Out of Divorce
Art. 630Existence of Divorce
Art. 631Appointment of Arbitrators
Art. 632Designation of Supplementary Arbitrators
Art. 633Replacement of Arbitrator
Art. 634Failure to Appoint Arbitrator
Art. 635Failure by Arbitrators to Give Decision
Art. 636Submission to Court Instead of to Arbitrators
Art. 637Appointment of Family Arbitrators by Court
Art. 638Procedure
Art. 639Making of Award
Art. 640Execution
Art. 641Appeal from Award
Art. 642Grounds of Appeal
Art. 643Court to Which Appeal Lies
Art. 644Powers of Appellate Court
Art. 645Remission for Consideration
Art. 646Setting Aside of Award
Art. 647Grounds for Application
Art. 648Decision on Application

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 625

Existence of Valid Marriage

Only the Court is competent to decide whether a marriage has been contracted and whether such marriage is valid.

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This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 174

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