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Code de la famille

Promulgated on
June 9, 1984
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June 9, 1984Promulgated on

Act No. 84-11 of 09 June 1984 on the Family Code, amended and supplemented.


President of the Republic,

- Having regard to the constitution, in particular Articles 151-2 and 154 thereof;

- After adoption by the National People's Assembly;


Enacts the following act:


GENERAL PROVISIONS


Article. 1st. - All relations between family members are governed by the provisions of this act.

Art . 2. - The family is the basic unit of society, composed of individuals united by marriage and kinship.

Art. 3. - The family's way of life is based on union, solidarity, good understanding, good education, good morality and the elimination of social ills.

Art. 3 bis.

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