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 The ''Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, which legalises same-sex marriage in Australia by amending the '' Marriage Act 1961'' to allow marriage between two persons o ...

Canada

* ''

Civil Marriage Act The ''Civil Marriage Act'' is a federal statute legalizing same-sex marriage across Canada. At the time it became law, same-sex marriage had already been legalized by court decisions in all Canadian jurisdictions except Alberta, Prince Edward ...

'' passed in Canada explicitly permitting same-sex marriages.

Hong Kong

* Marriage Ordinance 1875 * Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970

India

Special Marriage Act, 1954 The Special Marriage Act, 1954 is an Act of the Parliament of India with provision for civil marriage (or "registered marriage") for people of India and all Indian nationals in foreign countries, irrelevant of the religion or faith followed ...

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 The Hindu Marriage Act is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted in 1955 which was passed on 18th of May. Three other important acts were also enacted as part of the Hindu Code Bills during this time: the Hindu Succession Act (1956), the Hind ...

New Zealand

* Marriage Act 1854, an early law in the colony governing marriage *

Marriage Act 1955 The Marriage Act is an Act of Parliament that was passed in 1955 in New Zealand and is administered by the Ministry of Justice. It repealed the Marriage Act 1908. Forbidden marriages, those between relatives and relatives in a civil union, are ...

, the current Act *

Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013 The Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand, which since 19 August 2013, allows same-sex couples to legally marry. The Act was proposed as a member's bill by MP Louisa Wall in May 2012, and wa ...

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 The Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa governing the solemnisation and registration of marriages in South Africa. It does not deal with the dissolution of marriages, which is governed by the Divo ...

Marriage Amendment Act, 1973 The Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa governing the solemnisation and registration of marriages in South Africa. It does not deal with the dissolution of marriages, which is governed by the Divor ...

Marriage Amendment Act, 1981 The Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa governing the solemnisation and registration of marriages in South Africa. It does not deal with the dissolution of marriages, which is governed by the Divor ...

Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998) is a South African statute in terms of which marriages performed under African customary law, including polygynous marriages, are recognised as legal marriages. It also refo ...

, which recognised marriages under African customary law *

Civil Union Act, 2006 The Civil Union Act, 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which legalised same-sex marriage. It allows two people, regardless of gender, to form either a marriage or a civil partnership. The act was enacted as a co ...

, which extended marriage to same-sex couples

United Kingdom

Royal Marriages Act 1772 The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo 3 c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribed the conditions under which members of the British royal family could contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages t ...

(E & W & S) *

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 ...

(7 Edw.7 c.47) (UK) Extent unknown by author: * Marriage Act 1811 or the Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 (51 Geo.3 c.37) (the second short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, s.1 & first Sch.) * Marriage Act 1823 (4 Geo.4 c.76) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage Act 1824 (5 Geo.4 c.32) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will.4 c.54) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) *

Marriage Act 1836 The Marriage Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will 4 c 85), or the Act for Marriages in England 1836, was an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised civil marriage in what is now England and Wales from 30 June 1837. Since t ...

(6 & 7 Will.4 c.85) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) *

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1837 The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) is the section of the United Kingdom HM Passport Office responsible for the civil registration of births (including stillbirths), adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths in Engla ...

(7 Will.4 & 1 Vict. c.22) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c.72) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.18) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage Confirmation Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.24) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Infant Marriage Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.83) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c.10) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Greek Marriages Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c.20) * Marriages Validity Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c.3) * Marriages Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c.14) ''The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1886'' means the Marriage Act 1811, the Marriage Act 1823, the Marriage Act 1824, the Marriage Confirmation Act 1830, the Marriage Act 1835, the Marriage Act 1836, the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1837, the Marriage Act 1840, the Marriage and Registration Act 1856, the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1860, the Marriage Confirmation Act 1860, the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1872, the Greek Marriages Act 1884, the Marriages Validity Act 1886 and the Marriages Act 1886. ''The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1929'' was the collective title of the Marriage Acts 1811 to 1898 and the Age of Marriage Act 1929 so far as it related to England.The

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 Citizenshi ...

, section 3(1)

England and Wales

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 ...

(32 Hen.8 c.38) *

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 ...

(2 & 3 Edw.6 c.21) *(No short title) (2 & 3 Edw.6 c.23) (Repealed by the Marriage Act 1949, s.79 & fifth Sch., Pt.I) *

Clergy Marriage Act 1551 The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 ( 5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an 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 ...

(5 & 6 Edw.6 c.12) * Marriage Act 1697, a Penal Law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would be considered legally Catholic. The married couple would have to live under the tough Catholic laws. *

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 statutor ...

(26 Geo. 2 c. 33) * Marriage Confirmation Act 1830 (11 Geo.4 & 1 Will.4 c.18) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) * Marriage and Registration Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c.119) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) *

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 Kingdo ...

* Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 * Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 * Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 *

(19 & 20 Geo 5 c 36) * Marriage Act 1939 * Foreign Marriage Act 1947 *

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 i ...

* Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 * Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 * Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959 * Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 * Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire) Act 1962 * Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 * Marriage Act 1983 * Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 * Marriage (Wales) Act 1986 * Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988 * Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 *

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 ...

* Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 * City of London (Approved Premises for Marriage) Act 1996 *

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 ...

* Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 *

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Background Civil partnerships were introduced in the United Kingdom in 2004, allowi ...

* Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill 2022

Scotland

* Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939 * Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 *

Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 Marriage in Scotland is recognised in the form of both civil and religious unions between individuals. Historically, the law of marriage has developed differently in Scotland to other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom as a consequence of the di ...

* Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 *

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which allows same-sex couples to marry in Scotland since 16 December 2014. The bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 26 June 2013 b ...

Northern Ireland

* Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1924 * Marriage (Declaration of Law) Act (Northern Ireland) 1944 * Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951

United States

* Affirmation of Marriage Act passed in Virginia and was subsequently overturned. *

Defense of Marriage Act The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage by limiting the definition of marr ...

(DOMA) passed in the United States to limit Federal marriage recognition to male-female couplings and thus proscribe the possibility of Federal same-sex marriage in the United States. DOMA was overturned in June 2013 after being found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in ''United States v. Windsor''. * Marriage Protection Act (2004) *

Respect for Marriage Act The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA; ) is a landmark United States federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden. It repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), requires the U.S. federal gover ...

(2022)

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