• This marriage can only be converted into a church marriage where there are only one wife and one husband.
• Where a man has more than one wife, he cannot convert this marriage into a church or even a civil marriage. The man must first divorce the other wives in order to convert the customary marriage into civil or church marriage.

• Unless the parties have agreed before the marriage, whatever property one owned before the marriage remains his/her property.
• All properties acquired during the marriage are jointly owned.

Children, whether born in wedlock or out of wedlock, are recognised as children under the law and they are equal. Both girls and boys have an equal share in the property of a deceased parent.