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A BILL FOR N ACT TO A!VIEND THE MARRIAGE ACT AND FOR MATTI!RS CONNECTED THERE WITH. Sponsored by HoN. CHIEF EKEDOZIE OKORIE CHUKWU Okigwe North Federal Constituency, Jmo State BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Republic of Nigeria as follows : 1. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub section ( 1) and substituting therefor the following subsection married under Islamic Law or Customary Law is had." "( 1) A marriage under this Act shall be valid where either of the parties thereto at the ti me of the celebration of suc…