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Marriage Act
Marriage Act may refer to a number of pieces of legislation: Australia * Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage. * Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 Canada * ''Civil Marriage Act'' passed in Canada explicitly permitting same-sex marriages. Hong Kong * Marriage Ordinance 1875 * Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970 India * Special Marriage Act, 1954 * Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 New Zealand * Marriage Act 1854, an early law in the colony governing marriage * Marriage Act 1955, the current Act * Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013 South Africa * Marriage Act, 1961, and its amending acts: ** Marriage Amendment Act, 1964 ** Marriage Amendment Act, 1968 ** Marriage Amendment Act, 1970 ** Marriage Amendment Act, 1972 ** Marriage Amendment Act, 1973 ** Marriage Amendment Act, 1981 * Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998, which recognised marriages under African customary law * Civil Union Act, 2006, which ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Act 1961 (Australia)
The ''Marriage Act 1961'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which regulates marriage in Australia. Since its passage in 1961, it has been amended on numerous occasions and applies uniformly throughout Australia (including its external territories); and any law made by a state or territory inconsistent with the Act is invalid. The Act was made pursuant to power granted to the federal parliament under s.51(xxi) of the Australian Constitution. Although the federal parliament was given the power to pass laws about marriage at federation in 1901, it did not use this power until the adoption of the Act, while before 1961, each Australian state and territory had its own marriage laws. The Act recognises only marriages of two people and does not recognise any other forms of union, including traditional Aboriginal unions. An amendment to the Act to legalise same-sex marriage passed into law on 8 December 2017. The ''Family Law Act 1975'' treats de facto relationships and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 ( 7 Edw.7 c.47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden. This prohibition had derived from a doctrine of canon law whereby those who were connected by marriage were regarded as being related to each other in a way which made marriage between them improper. Legal background Prohibited degree of kinship for marriage included relatives by blood (consanguinity) to prevent incest, and extended to relatives by marriage (affinity) apparently reflecting an analogous taboo, or the idea that a married couple were " one flesh". Originally, marriage was a matter of canon law in the United Kingdom and its predecessor kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Before the Reformation, the affinity rules of Catholic canon law applied, which since the Council of Elvira had regarded a deceased wife's sister as within the prohibited degrees, which could b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It seeks to assist victims of forced marriage, or those threatened with forced marriage, by providing civil remedies. It extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland – it does not extend to Scotland, as this is a devolved competence. Forced marriage protection order The centrepiece of the Act is the forced marriage protection order (FMPO). A person threatened with forced marriage can apply to court for a forced marriage order can contain whatever provisions which the court finds would be appropriate to prevent the forced marriage from taking place, or to protect a victim of forced marriage from its effects, and may include such measures as confiscation of passport or restrictions on contact with the victim. The subject of a forced marriage order can be not just the person to whom the forced marriage will occur, but also any other person who aids, abets or encourages t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Act 1994
The Marriage Act 1994 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Introduced as a private member's bill by Gyles Brandreth, it amended the Marriage Act 1949 to allow civil marriages to be solemnized in certain "approved premises". Prior to the Act, marriage ceremonies could only be conducted in churches and register offices. "Approved premises", for the purpose of the Act, include publicly available premises which are "readily identifiable" as marriage venues, support the "dignity of marriage", and do not have any official connections with any religion or religious institution. The majority of these approved premises are hotels, as well as stately homes, restaurants, and leisure clubs. The Act also allows couples to marry in registration districts in which neither member of the couple resides. Following the passage of the Act, the proportion of civil marriages A civil marriage is a marriage performed, recorded, and recognized by a government official. Such a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Act 1949
The Marriage Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6 c 76) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating marriages in England and Wales. The Act had prohibited solemnizing marriages during evenings and at night. Since the Marriage Act 1836 it had been forbidden to marry between the hours of six in the evening and eight in the morning. This prohibition was repealed on 1 October 2012. The Marriage Act 1949 was the first Act to be enacted under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. Section 1 - Marriages within prohibited degrees Section 1 marriages of persons within the prohibited degrees of relationships listed in the schedule are void. The prohibited relationships were based the ''Table of Kindred and Affinity'' which had been included in the ''Book of Common Prayer'' of the Church of England since 1662. The list included parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, as well as a number of affinity relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Marriage Act 1892
The Foreign Marriage Act 1892, ''Chapter 23'' (''56 & 56 Vict.''), is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ''"to consolidate Enactments relating to the Marriage of British Subjects outside the United Kingdom"'', and sets out the rules regarding the recognition in the United Kingdom of marriages conducted abroad (the procedures for the giving and display of notices, oaths and solemnisation, and their fees, and other matters). Until their repeal, sections of the Act also defined the procedures used for consular marriages, which until recently – with the abolition of ''extraterritoriality'' for British subjects abroad or within the British Empire, the obsolescence of the class of the '' British Protected Person'' and the development of the concept of '' Lex loci celebrationis'' and the qualifications for its invocation (especially by the case of Radwan v Radwan (1972) (3 All ER 967), which effectively rendered foreign and Commonwealth co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clandestine Marriages Act 1753
The Clandestine Marriages Act 1753, also called the Marriage Act 1753, long title "An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage", popularly known as Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act (citation 26 Geo. II. c. 33), was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. It came into force on 25 March 1754. The Act contributed to a dispute about the validity of a Scottish marriage, although pressure to address the problem of irregular marriages had been growing for some time. Background Before the Act, the legal requirements for a valid marriage in England and Wales had been governed by the canon law of the Church of England. This had stipulated that banns should be called or a marriage licence obtained before a marriage could take place and that the marriage should be celebrated in the parish where at least one of the parties was resident. However, these requirements were directory rather than mandatory and the absence of ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy Marriage Act 1551
The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. Section 2 This section was repealed by section 56 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925. Section 4 This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887. See also *Marriage Act *Halsbury's Statutes References Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603) 1551 in law 1551 in England Marriage law in the United Kingdom Marriage, unions and partnerships in England Repealed English legislation Marriage and religion {{England-statute-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy Marriage Act 1548
The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 ( 2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Part of the English Reformation, it abolished the prohibition on marriage of priests within the Church of England. (Before Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England, ecclesiastical matters were governed exclusively by Roman Catholic canon law, over which the English monarch had no authority.) The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. (By virtue of Section 10 of the Interpretation Act 1889, this did not revive the ban.) Section 2 This section, from "and be it" to "aforesaide" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888. Section 3 This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887. See also *Marriage Act References *Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Act 1540
The Marriage Act 1540 (32 Hen 8 c 38) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act was repealed by section 79(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 5 to, the Marriage Act 1949. A similar ''Marriage Act, 1542'' was passed by the Parliament of Ireland, and part of it remains in force in the Republic of Ireland. electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) See also *References *Halsbury's Statutes
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Age Of Marriage Act 1929
The Age of Marriage Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo 5 c 36) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased the age of marriage to sixteen. It was passed in response to a campaign by the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship. The whole Act was repealed as to Scotland by section 28(2) of, anSchedule 3to, the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977. Corresponding provision was made for Northern Ireland by the Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951. Section 1 At common law and by canon law a person who had attained the legal age of puberty could contract a valid marriage. A marriage contracted by persons either of whom was under the legal age of puberty was voidable. The legal age of puberty was fourteen years for males and twelve years for females. This section amended the law so that a marriage contracted by persons either of whom was under the age of sixteen years was void. This provision is re-enacted by section 2 of the Marriage Act 1949. In section 1(1), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Titles Act 1896
The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. In that country, this Act is one of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007. Section 1 and Schedule 1 authorised the citation of 2,095 earlier Acts by short titles. The Acts given short titles were passed between 1351 and 1893. This Act gave short titles to all public general Acts passed since the Union of England and Scotland and then in force, which had not already been given short titles, except for those omitted from the Revised edition of the statutes, Revised Edition of the Statutes by reason of their local or personal character. In 1995, the Law Commission (England and Wales), Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 1 and Schedule 1 be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |