Claim: Marriage certificates issued after September 2022 under Chapter 5:11 are defective BUT this does not render your marriage null and void
Fact-check: Marriage certificates issued after September 2022 under Chapter 5:11 are defective BUT this does not render your marriage null and void  - FactCheckZW
Verdict: the claim: 'if you got married after september 2022 and your marriage certificate says chapter 5:11, you must get the marriage certificate amended at the marriages registry otherwise the marriage is null and void. it should read chapter 5:17,' has been rated as misleading. while the certificates are defective, the defect does not automatically render the marriages but those divorcing need to get them corrected before divorce proceedings can commence. the new marriages act  came into effect in september 2022 repealing the old marriages act chapter 5:11 and chapter 5:07, which applied to all marriages in zimbabwe.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2024-03-26T07:15:39