Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
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Due Date: 02 April 2025
QUESTION 1 (2 ANSWERS PROVIDED)
In terms of section 87(3) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 (“the Act”), an antenuptial
contract may be registered in any deeds registry in South Africa, regardless of where it was
executed, where the parties reside, or where the notary public who prepared it practices. This
provision means that X and Y, who executed their antenuptial contract while on holiday in the
Kruger National Park, have complete freedom to choose any deeds registry in the country for
purposes of registration.
The courts have confirmed this wide discretion. In particular, Ex parte Schutte et Uxor 1959 (2)
SA 85 (C) established that an antenuptial contract validly registered in any one deeds registry
is recognized and enforceable throughout South Africa. Terms of use
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