Sharing property between unmarried couples and being able to dispose freely of property on death were some of the points raised during the first day of discussions for the revision of Seychelles’ Civil Code.
The Civil Code Committee in Seychelles’ National Assembly met on Tuesday to start discussions on the Seychelles Civil Code Bill 2017, which will once approve, replace the Civil Code of Seychelles Act 1975.
“Since 1976, we have been using the amended English Civil Code until some few years ago when the Supreme Court proposed modernisation of certain areas of the code due to ongoing changes in the country,” said Bernard George, chairman of the Bills Committee in the National Assembly.
The Civil Code provides the basic rules of law of Seychelles for relationships between people….
Source: Seychelles News Agency
