PVL2601
ASSIGNMENT 2 (SEMESTER 2)
DUE DATE: September 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than …September 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
QUESTION
For the past ten years, Ben has known that he is sterile. As Mary has repeatedly told Ben that she wants children, Ben
fears that Mary will not want marry him if he tells her about his sterility. A year after the wedding, Ben tells Mary
that he is sterile. Mary tells Ben that she would never have married him had she known that he was sterile.
(a) Explain the meaning term of “voidable civil marriage”. (2)
ANSWER:
A voidable civil marriage is a valid marriage that can be annulled by a court order upon the
request of one of the parties due to specific legal grounds. Unlike a void marriage, which is
considered invalid from the beginning, a voidable marriage remains valid until a court declares
it void.
(b) Name seven grounds on which a voidable marriage can be set aside. (7)
ANSWER:
A voidable marriage can be set aside on the following grounds:
1. Impotence: If one party is permanently and incurably impotent, the marriage can be
annulled.
ASSIGNMENT 2 (SEMESTER 2)
DUE DATE: September 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than …September 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
QUESTION
For the past ten years, Ben has known that he is sterile. As Mary has repeatedly told Ben that she wants children, Ben
fears that Mary will not want marry him if he tells her about his sterility. A year after the wedding, Ben tells Mary
that he is sterile. Mary tells Ben that she would never have married him had she known that he was sterile.
(a) Explain the meaning term of “voidable civil marriage”. (2)
ANSWER:
A voidable civil marriage is a valid marriage that can be annulled by a court order upon the
request of one of the parties due to specific legal grounds. Unlike a void marriage, which is
considered invalid from the beginning, a voidable marriage remains valid until a court declares
it void.
(b) Name seven grounds on which a voidable marriage can be set aside. (7)
ANSWER:
A voidable marriage can be set aside on the following grounds:
1. Impotence: If one party is permanently and incurably impotent, the marriage can be
annulled.
