,Question 1
The statements below deal with the Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992
Choose the only incorrect option
No birth may be registered unless a forename and a surname have been assigned to
the child
A child born of unmarred parents may be registered under both parents'
surnames joined together as a double-barrel surname
Notice of a birth must be given by the child's parents within 30 days of the birth of the
child
The regulations prescribe that the notice of birth must be accompanied by certain
documents such as the fingerprint of the child
Question 2
In Road Accident Fund v Mtati the Supreme Court of Appeal held that
a mother may not enter into a contract on behalf of her unborn child, because legal
personality only begins at birth
the principles of our law are flexible enough to extend the nasciturus fiction to the
field of delict
a mother cannot waive her unborn child's right to calm maintenance as it would be
against good morals
it is unnecessary to use the nasciturus fiction to grant a child an action in
respect of prenatal injures
Question 3
Indicate which one of the following statements is incorrect In terms of the Sterilisation
Act 44 of 1998 the following requirements have to be met before a person who has
reached the age of 18 may be sterilised
The person to be sterilised must give voluntary consent.
The person must be advised that consent can be withdrawn at any time
The consent of the person's parent, spouse or guardian is required The
person need not be married or a party to a civil union
Question 4
The statements below relate to status Choose the only incorrect one
All human beings have the capacity to perform valid juristic acts
The capacity to litigate is the capacity to appear in court as a party to a lawsuit
, A person's status is the aggregate of his or her capacities
Legal capacity is the capacity to have rights and duties
Question 5
In Naville v Naville it was decided that
Soldiers can acquire a domicile of choice at a place where they are not stationed
a prisoner who has been imprisoned for life automatically acquires a domicile of
choice in prison
a foreign diplomat can acquire a domicile of choice in South Africa while in the
service of a foreign country.
Foreign military staff cannot acquire a domicile of choice in South Africa as their
residence in this country is not voluntary
Question 6
From the statements below, choose the only incorrect one in terms of the Children's
Act 38 of 2005 (s 18(2)), parental responsibilities and rights of a child include
caring for the child acting as the
child's guardian maintaining
contact with the child
registering the child's birth
Question 7
In terms of section 21(1) of the Children's Act 38 of 2005 an unmarried biological
father acquires full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of his child in certain
circumstances. Which one of the following options is not one of the circumstances
listed in section 21(1) in which an unmarried father can acquire full parental
responsibilities and rights?
He lives with the child's mother in a permanent life partnership when the child is born
He successfully applies to be identified as the child's father or pays damages in
terms of customary law
He contributes to the child's upbringing and maintenance for a reasonable period
He enters into a civil marriage or a civil union with the child's mother after the
child's birth
Question 8
Which one of the following factors cannot be taken into account when proof is sought
that a particular man is not the father of a particular child?
The statements below deal with the Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992
Choose the only incorrect option
No birth may be registered unless a forename and a surname have been assigned to
the child
A child born of unmarred parents may be registered under both parents'
surnames joined together as a double-barrel surname
Notice of a birth must be given by the child's parents within 30 days of the birth of the
child
The regulations prescribe that the notice of birth must be accompanied by certain
documents such as the fingerprint of the child
Question 2
In Road Accident Fund v Mtati the Supreme Court of Appeal held that
a mother may not enter into a contract on behalf of her unborn child, because legal
personality only begins at birth
the principles of our law are flexible enough to extend the nasciturus fiction to the
field of delict
a mother cannot waive her unborn child's right to calm maintenance as it would be
against good morals
it is unnecessary to use the nasciturus fiction to grant a child an action in
respect of prenatal injures
Question 3
Indicate which one of the following statements is incorrect In terms of the Sterilisation
Act 44 of 1998 the following requirements have to be met before a person who has
reached the age of 18 may be sterilised
The person to be sterilised must give voluntary consent.
The person must be advised that consent can be withdrawn at any time
The consent of the person's parent, spouse or guardian is required The
person need not be married or a party to a civil union
Question 4
The statements below relate to status Choose the only incorrect one
All human beings have the capacity to perform valid juristic acts
The capacity to litigate is the capacity to appear in court as a party to a lawsuit
, A person's status is the aggregate of his or her capacities
Legal capacity is the capacity to have rights and duties
Question 5
In Naville v Naville it was decided that
Soldiers can acquire a domicile of choice at a place where they are not stationed
a prisoner who has been imprisoned for life automatically acquires a domicile of
choice in prison
a foreign diplomat can acquire a domicile of choice in South Africa while in the
service of a foreign country.
Foreign military staff cannot acquire a domicile of choice in South Africa as their
residence in this country is not voluntary
Question 6
From the statements below, choose the only incorrect one in terms of the Children's
Act 38 of 2005 (s 18(2)), parental responsibilities and rights of a child include
caring for the child acting as the
child's guardian maintaining
contact with the child
registering the child's birth
Question 7
In terms of section 21(1) of the Children's Act 38 of 2005 an unmarried biological
father acquires full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of his child in certain
circumstances. Which one of the following options is not one of the circumstances
listed in section 21(1) in which an unmarried father can acquire full parental
responsibilities and rights?
He lives with the child's mother in a permanent life partnership when the child is born
He successfully applies to be identified as the child's father or pays damages in
terms of customary law
He contributes to the child's upbringing and maintenance for a reasonable period
He enters into a civil marriage or a civil union with the child's mother after the
child's birth
Question 8
Which one of the following factors cannot be taken into account when proof is sought
that a particular man is not the father of a particular child?
