PVL1501-exam

QUESTION 1 Choose the correct option. In modern South African law all beings of human descent, irrespective of how deformed or disabled they may be, are regarded as … [1] monstra [2] nascituri [3] legal subjects [4] juristic persons (2) QUESTION 2 Our law recognises associations which comply with the common-law requirements for the recognition of legal personality as juristic persons. Which one of the following entities is not an example of this type of juristic person? [1] a church [2] a trade union [3] a company [4] a political party (2) QUESTION 3 All the statements below deal with birth as the moment when legal personality begins. Choose the only incorrect option: [1] It is a requirement that the body of the mother and the child must be completely separated. [2] It is a requirement that the umbilical cord must have been severed. [3] The child must live after the separation, even if only for a short time. [4] A stillborn child does not acquire legal personality. (2) QUESTION 4 The statements below deal with registration of births in terms of the Births and Deaths Registration Act. Choose the only incorrect option. [1] In general, the notice of birth must be given within 30 days of the birth of the child. [2] In the case of an abandoned child, notice is given by the doctor who witnessed the birth. [3] The notice of birth must be accompanied by certain documents as prescribed in the regulations made under the Act. [4] A child born of married parents may be registered under both parents’ surnames joined together as a double-barrel surname.