Matrimonial Property Act, 1984 (Act No. 88 of 1984)

Chapter IV : General Provisions

33. Amendment of section 2 of Act 34 of 1956, as amended by section 1 of Act 58 of 1971
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Section 2 of the Apportionment of Damages Act, 1956, (Act No. 34 of 1956), is hereby amended—

 

(a)by the substitution for subsection (1A) of the following subsection:

 

“(1A) [Subject to the provisions of the first proviso to subsection (6) (a)] A person shall for the purposes of this section be regarded as a joint wrongdoer if he would have been a joint wrongdoer but for the fact that he is married in community of property to the plaintiff.”; and

 

(b)by the deletion of the first proviso to subsection (6)(a).