Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 “customary marriage” means a marriage celebrated according to the rites, practices and customs of an African community to which one or both of the parties belong; “district” means a marriage district constituted under section 4; “District Registrar” means an officer appointed under section 5(1), to perform functions relating to marriage under this Act; “domicile” means a permanent home where one has decided to stay and has no intentions of leaving in the near future; “family” means a husband and wife, including their children; “Hindu” means a person who is a Hindu by religion in any form, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat and a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj, or a person who is a Buddhist of Indian origin, a Jain or a Sikh by religion; “irretrievable breakdown of marriage” means a situation where the petitioner proves to the court that he or she can no longer live together with his or her spouse as husband or wife; “judicial separation” means the separation of a husband and wife by court decree; “Local Spiritual Assembly’’ means the local governing council of the Bahai Faith and in this Act, the authority responsible for solemnizing Bahai marriages; “marriage” means the union between a man and a woman for life or until it is dissolved in the manner accepted by that form of marriage; and which is recognised under the laws of Uganda; “marriage gift” means a gift, by whatever name known, in cash or in kind given by either party to a marriage in respect of that marriage and includes bride price and bride wealth; 11