How did the 1976 Marriage and Divorce Act affect Yanti’s marriage?

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## Yanti’s 1977 marriage was treated as legally valid and did not need to be registered under the 1976 law.

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Yanti married a Malaysian Christian man, Sunny, through a Chinese customary marriage in 1977. That marriage was recognised in Malaysia because it took place before the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 came into force, and the law only came into force in 1982.

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