ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Marriage Act
10. Prohibited marriage relationship
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
10. Prohibited marriage relationship
(1)A person shall not marry—(a)that person’s grandparent, parent, child, grandchild, sister, brother, cousin, great aunt, great uncle, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, great niece or great nephew;(b)the grandparent, parent, child or grandchild of that person’s spouse or former spouse;(c)the grandparent, parent, child or grandchild of that person’s former spouse;(d)a person whom that person has adopted or by whom that person has been adopted; or(e)any other person where such marriages is prohibited under customary law.(2)For the purposes of this section, a relationship of the half-blood is a bar to marriage.(3)A person who, by this section, is forbidden to marry shall be said to be within a prohibited marriage relationship.(4)The marriage of a person with that person’s cousin does not apply to persons who profess the Islamic faith.