Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act

The Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act, 2006 (“LCOMP”) removes the minority status of married women and other incidental matters. LCOMP removed the marital power that a husband has over the person and the property of his wife. In addition, LCOMP removes certain restrictions which the marital power places on the legal capacity of a wife, including entering into a contract, suing or being sued, registering immovable property in her name, acting as an executrix of a deceased’s estate, acting as a director of a company, binding herself as surety, and performing any other act that was restricted by any law as a result of the marital power before the commencement of the Act.

Topics

• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• Africa
• Lesotho

Year

• 2006

External URL

• Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act

Type

• Legislation

Jurisdiction

• Lesotho