The law modifies the law No. 84-10 relative à l’état civil and regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.
The purpose of the law is to determine the legal regime of civil status in Niger. It institutes a civil status system, which is the set of qualities inherent to a person that the law takes into consideration in order to attach legal effects to that person. The law governs declarations of civil status facts.
The law regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.