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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June
PVL1501
Law of Persons
100 marks
Duration 2 Hours
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CONFIDENTIAL
3 of 16 PVL1501
MAY/JUNE 2020
QUESTION 1
Choose the correct option. In modern South African law all beings of human descent, irrespective of
how deformed or disabled they may be, are regarded as …
[1] monstra
[2] nascituri
[3] legal subjects
[4] juristic persons (2)
QUESTION 2
Our law recognises associations which comply with the common-law requirements for the recognition
of legal personality as juristic persons. Which one of the following entities is not an example of this type
of juristic person?
[1] a church
[2] a trade union
[3] a company
[4] a political party (2)
QUESTION 3
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All the statements below deal with birth as the moment when legal personality begins. Choose the only
incorrect option:
[1] It is a requirement that the body of the mother and the child must be completely separated.
[2] It is a requirement that the umbilical cord must have been severed.
[3] The child must live after the separation, even if only for a short time.
[4] A stillborn child does not acquire legal personality. (2)
QUESTION 4
The statements below deal with registration of births in terms of the Births and Deaths Registration Act.
Choose the only incorrect option.
[1] In general, the notice of birth must be given within 30 days of the birth of the child.
[2] In the case of an abandoned child, notice is given by the doctor who witnessed the birth.
[3] The notice of birth must be accompanied by certain documents as prescribed in the regulations
made under the Act.
[4] A child born of married parents may be registered under both parents’ surnames joined together
as a double-barrel surname. (2)
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, lOMoAR cPSD| 18998289
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June
PVL1501
Law of Persons
100 marks
Duration 2 Hours
[TURN OVER]
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, lOMoAR cPSD| 18998289
CONFIDENTIAL
3 of 16 PVL1501
MAY/JUNE 2020
QUESTION 1
Choose the correct option. In modern South African law all beings of human descent, irrespective of
how deformed or disabled they may be, are regarded as …
[1] monstra
[2] nascituri
[3] legal subjects
[4] juristic persons (2)
QUESTION 2
Our law recognises associations which comply with the common-law requirements for the recognition
of legal personality as juristic persons. Which one of the following entities is not an example of this type
of juristic person?
[1] a church
[2] a trade union
[3] a company
[4] a political party (2)
QUESTION 3
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, lOMoAR cPSD| 18998289
All the statements below deal with birth as the moment when legal personality begins. Choose the only
incorrect option:
[1] It is a requirement that the body of the mother and the child must be completely separated.
[2] It is a requirement that the umbilical cord must have been severed.
[3] The child must live after the separation, even if only for a short time.
[4] A stillborn child does not acquire legal personality. (2)
QUESTION 4
The statements below deal with registration of births in terms of the Births and Deaths Registration Act.
Choose the only incorrect option.
[1] In general, the notice of birth must be given within 30 days of the birth of the child.
[2] In the case of an abandoned child, notice is given by the doctor who witnessed the birth.
[3] The notice of birth must be accompanied by certain documents as prescribed in the regulations
made under the Act.
[4] A child born of married parents may be registered under both parents’ surnames joined together
as a double-barrel surname. (2)
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