The Legislative History of the Gold Coast and Nigerian Marriage Ordinances:II

The Legislative History of the Gold Coast and Nigerian Marriage Ordinances:II

Author: 
Zabel, Shirtey
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Date published: 
1969
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Responsibility: 
Ceylon, B.,jt.auth.
Journal Title: 
Journal of African Law
Source: 
Journal of African Law,Vol.13,No.3,1969,pp.158-178
Abstract: 

The next chapter in the history of the Gold Coast and Nigerian marriage ordinances is encountered a few years later in documents concerning the law of marriage in Ceylon.2|On May, 30th, 1863, Governor MacCarthy wrote to the Duke of Newcastle, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, a lengthy despatch concerning the history of marriage in Ceylon and expressing his views on the need for a new ordinance.

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CITATION: Zabel, Shirtey. The Legislative History of the Gold Coast and Nigerian Marriage Ordinances:II . : Cambridge University Press , 1969. Journal of African Law,Vol.13,No.3,1969,pp.158-178 - Available at: https://library.au.int/legislative-history-gold-coast-and-nigerian-marriage-ordinancesii-3