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Marriage-officer authority for mufti offices and Constitutional Court rejection

Tracks the constitutional, civil-law, secularism, women's and children's rights, and administrative-law debate around giving provincial and district mufti offices official marriage-officer authority and the Constitutional Court's refusal to annul that rule.

Secularism and religion–state relationsConstitutional adjudicationFamily lawWomen's rights
24 legal opinions + 9 bar statementsLast updated: Jun 18, 2026

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Was the Constitutional Court's refusal to annul marriage-officer authority for mufti offices lawful?

Unlawful
19 legal opinions + 9 bar associations
91.8%
Lawful
5 legal opinions
8.2%

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  1. Oct 19, 2017
    Law adopted

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  2. Nov 3, 2017
    Law published

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  3. Dec 2, 2017
    Regulation amended

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  4. Feb 1, 2018
    Administrative circular

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  5. Dec 6, 2018
    Constitutional Court decision

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  6. Jan 23, 2019
    Constitutional Court decision published

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