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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Civil Marriage
		Marriages under the age of seven years for both were void, but between seven and the age of consent the parties could contract an imperfect marriage, which was voidable but not necessarily void.
		The marriage of parties who had attained the age of consent was valid even though they lacked parental consent, until in England the marriage act of 1753 declared such marriages void.
		In England under the common law, the marriage of partners after the birth of children does not legitmate them, but in most of the American states and in European continental countries it is sought to encourage marriage by providing that illegitimate children may thus be legitimated.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09691b.htm (2458 words)

	Laws of Fiji - ITC Services Online
		Any person may contract a valid marriage under the provisions of this Act if such person is, in the case of a male, of the age of eighteen years or upwards, or, in the case of a female, of the age of sixteen years or upwards.
		Every consent to the marriage of a minor given under the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of section 13 shall be given in the prescribed form and shall be attested by the Registrar-General or a district registrar or other marriage officer.
		Any marriage officer who solemnizes any marriage without requiring the parties thereto to make the declaration of marriage referred to in section 23 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and further to have his registration as a marriage officer cancelled.
	www.itc.gov.fj /lawnet/fiji_act/marr_act_list.html (3455 words)

	Civil Marriage Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marriage is a fundamental institution in Canadian society and the Parliament of Canada has a responsibility to support that institution because it strengthens commitment in relationships and represents the foundation of family life for many Canadians.
		Provisions of the Divorce Act, the Federal Law and Civil Law of the Province of Quebec Act, the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, are being amended to be consistent with the change to legal capacity in section 2 of the bill.
		The amendment to section 237.5 of the Act is to clarify that the group of individuals considered to be related to each other for purposes of family-held investments equally includes both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples, their children and related persons.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/news/nr/2005/doc_31376.html (1542 words)

	Seasons India :: Christian Marriage Act
		The Christian marriages are solemnized under The Christian marriage Act 15 of 1872.
		Marriage registrars appointed under this Act or those who have received episcopal ordination and the clergymen of the Church of Scotland can solemnize marriages under this Act.
		The marriage may be solemnized according to such form and ceremony as the parties think fit to adopt in the presence of some Marriage Registrar (not necessarily the one who issued the certificate) and of two or more witnesses.
	www.seasonsindia.com /marriage/christian_sea.htm (623 words)

	President Calls for Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage
		The Act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 342 to 67, and the Senate by a vote of 85 to 14.
		That code, which clearly defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, was approved overwhelmingly by the voters of California.
		Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2004/02/20040224-2.html (772 words)

	MARRIAGE ACT 1961
		Marriage of minor not to be solemnized without consent of parents etc. 14.
		Certain marriages not solemnized in accordance with this Division to be invalid 49.
		Certain marriages and legitimations to be valid in all the Territories 111A.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/legis/cth/consol_act/ma196185 (742 words)

	Marriage Act 1994
		Acts of Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.
		It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts of Parliament does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public.
		An Act to amend the Marriage Act 1949 so as to enable civil marriages to be solemnized on premises approved for the purpose by local authorities and so as to provide for further cases in which marriages may be solemnized in registration districts in which neither party to the marriage resides; and for connected purposes.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1994/Ukpga_19940034_en_1.htm (1080 words)

	Marriage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Every marriage shall be solemnized in the presence of the parties and at least two witnesses who shall affix their names as witnesses to the entry in the register made under section 28. R.S.O. 1990, c.
		No marriage shall be solemnized under the authority of the publication of banns unless proof of publication by the person or persons publishing the banns has been deposited with the person solemnizing the marriage. R.S.O. c.
		No person who solemnizes or purports to solemnize a marriage is subject to any action or liability by reason of there having been any legal impediment to the marriage unless, at the time the person performed the ceremony, he or she was aware of the impediment. R.S.O. 1990, c.
	www.e-laws.gov.on.ca /DBLaws/Statutes/English/90m03_e.htm (3326 words)

	MurthyDotCom : Chennai Consulate on Special Marriage Act
		Parties to the marriage must provide notice of their intention to solemnize the marriage before a marriage officer in the district where at least one of the parties has resided for at least 30 days prior to the notice.
		The marriage may be solemnized in any form that the parties wish to adopt as long as the solemnization occurs at the marriage officer's office or any place that the marriage officer sanctions.
		The marriage must be solemnized in an Ashirvad ceremony conducted by a Parsee priest in the presence of two Parsee witnesses.
	www.murthy.com /news/ukchecon.html (841 words)

	Civil Marriage Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Civil Marriage Act (full title: "An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes") was legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada.
		Sections 2 through 4 form the substance of the Act, and were the key points of contention during its debate in the House of Commons and the Senate.
		Marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_Marriage_Act (2250 words)

	The Marriage Act
		7(2) A marriage commissioner who solemnizes a ceremony of marriage is entitled to a fee and expenses as prescribed in the regulations to be paid by the parties to the marriage.
		8(6) No marriage shall be solemnized under the authority of publication of banns, or of a dispensation with such publication, until a certificate mentioned in subsection (5) relating to the intended marriage is delivered to the person solemnizing it.
		18(2) Where a consent is required under subsection (1), it shall be produced to the person issuing the marriage licence, publishing the banns, granting dispensation of the publication of banns, or solemnizing the marriage, as the case may require, and he shall satisfy himself of the genuineness of the consent.
	web2.gov.mb.ca /laws/statutes/ccsm/m050e.php (3016 words)

	Covenant Marriage Law Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court Web Pages
		Except in the case of a covenant marriage, a divorce shall be granted on the petition of a spouse upon proof that:
		marriage and by the witnesses, and the signature and title of the officiant.
		Covenant Marriage Act, and we understand that a Covenant Marriage is for life.
	www.lafayetteparishclerk.com /covenantmarriage.html (2992 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Battle Over Same Sex Marriage -- The Defense of Marriage Act
		The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law designed to give states the right to refuse recognition of a same-sex marriage approved by another state.
		The second section provides a federal definition of marriage as an institution between one man and one woman, with the word "spouse" referring only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife.
		Opponents of same-sex marriage have argued that those laws are safe and appropriate in that marriage, by its nature, is a union between a man and a woman.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/gay_marriage/act.html (1344 words)

	Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acts of the Scottish Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
		It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts does not extend to the Queen's Printer for Scotland imprints which should be removed from any copies of Act which are issued or made available to the public.
		An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 to enable civil marriages to be solemnised in certain places approved by local authorities; and for connected purposes.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /legislation/scotland/acts2002/20020008.htm (1093 words)

	CHAPTER M-3 - Marriage Act
		13(2) In case of the death, disqualification, illness or temporary absence of an issuer of marriage licences the Registrar may appoint an acting issuer of marriage licences who, during the period for which he is appointed, shall have and exercise all powers and authority herein vested in an issuer of marriage licences.
		13(4) An issuer or acting issuer of marriage licences is, for the purposes of this Act and by virtue of his or her appointment, a commissioner of oaths for taking affidavits to be read in The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick.
		15 Upon application in the manner prescribed by this Act, an issuer may issue to the persons desiring to marry, and who are lawfully entitled thereto, a licence authorizing the solemnization of the marriage in the Province by a cleric or a clerk of the Court pursuant to this Act.
	www.gnb.ca /0062/acts/acts/m-03.htm (2717 words)

	Marriage Act
		(b) that the certificate of the previous marriage or the registration of the previous marriage or the marriage register containing the entry of the previous marriage has been lost or destroyed or is unavailable because of circumstances beyond the control of the parties.
		(3) Books for the registration of marriages under this section must be supplied free of charge by the chief executive officer but remain the property of the chief executive officer's office and must be returned to the chief executive officer on demand or on the holder ceasing to be authorized to solemnize marriage.
		(a) to the issuer of marriage licences, or,
	www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/stat/M/96282_01.htm (3967 words)

	Solemnization of Marriage Act
		(2) All the duties imposed by this Act or by the Vital Statistics Act upon a cleric shall with regard to such marriage be performed by the secretary of the local incorporated Spiritual Assembly of the Bahai Faith responsible for the conduct of the marriage ceremony.
		and, when so filled up, signed by the two witnesses to the marriage, with their addresses, by the parties to the marriage and by the person who solemnized the marriage and, if that person is a cleric, stating the religious denomination to which that person belongs.
		in the Province of Nova Scotia, I solemnized the marriage of.
	www.gov.ns.ca /legislature/legc/statutes/solemn.htm (4495 words)

	Gov. Taft's statement regarding Ohio's Defense of Marriage Act
		Because the effects of this Act have been misunderstood and inaccurately portrayed in the media, it is important for me to state my reasons and to explain what the Act does and does not do.
		Marriage is an essential building block of our society, an institution we must reaffirm.
		And the federal government enacted the Federal Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 to make it clear that federal law would not prohibit states from enforcing their own Defense of Marriage laws.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/02/06/loc_taftstatement06.html (909 words)

	Marriage Act
		The Form to this Act respecting the prohibited degrees of affinity and consanguinity shall be endorsed on the licence and on the proof of publication of banns.
		Every marriage shall be solemnized in the presence of the parties and at least two witnesses who shall affix their names as witnesses to the entry in the register made under section 28.
		No person who solemnizes or purports to solemnize a marriage is subject to any action or liability by reason of there having been any legal impediment to the marriage unless, at the time the person performed the ceremony, he or she was aware of the impediment.
	www.canlii.org /on/laws/sta/m-3/20040503/whole.html (3466 words)

	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - page 2
		Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act and to such rules as the High Court may make in this behalf, all procedure under this Act shall be regulated, as far as may be, by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
		The parties entitled to be given a hearing in matrimonial matters are the husband or the wife or the co- respondent.
		In any proceeding under this Act, the court may make such provisions in the decree as the deems just and proper with respect to any property presented, at or about the time of marriage, which may belong jointly to both the husband and wife.
	punjabrevenue.nic.in /hmrgact(2).htm (2269 words)

	florida.marriage.act.html
		Act of 1996, each party is required to provide his or her social security
		61.043 Commencement of a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for
		that the marriage is not irretrievably broken, it shall deny the petition for
	www.smartmarriages.com /florida.marriage.act.html (3467 words)

	Arkansas \| Governor Mike Huckabee
		Act 1486 of 2001 created an option for couples in Arkansas to choose a Covenant Marriage.
		Couples who are already married may execute a declaration of intent to designate their marriage a Covenant Marriage.
		This intent to designate their marriage a Covenant Marriage must be filed with the official who issues marriage licenses in the county in which the couple is domiciled.
	www.arkansas.gov /governor/programs.html (393 words)

	Civil Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-sex Unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Civil Marriage Act, an Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, received royal assent on Wednesday, July 20, 2005.
		Factsheet: Reference to the Supreme Court of Canada on Civil Marriage and the Legal Recognition of Same-sex Unions – The New Reference Question, January 28, 2004.
		Civil Marriage and the Legal Recognition of Same-sex Unions – Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Marriage Reference, December 9, 2004.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/fs/ssm/index.html (332 words)

	Marriage Act
		(3) If the parties to a marriage solemnized by a marriage commissioner desire a religious ceremony in addition to it, a proof of marriage document given by the marriage commissioner who solemnized it is sufficient authority for a member of the clergy to perform the religious ceremony.
		Vital Statistics Act, the person who solemnizes a marriage shall give the parties a signed proof of marriage document specifying the names of the parties, the date and place of the marriage and the names of the witnesses.
		when the person knows or has reason to believe that either of the parties to the intended marriage or to the marriage is, at the time of the application for the licence or at the time of the solemnization, as the case may be, under the influence of alcohol or a drug.
	www.canlii.org /ab/laws/sta/m-5/20060217/whole.html (2784 words)

	Partners Task Force - Defense of Marriage Act
		This Act created an unworkable set of legal and logistical problems in determining estates, taxes, securities, property, debt, and insurance — in fact, any area that is triggered by legal marriage.
		Marriage was also traditionally understood to transform a woman into the property of the husband.
		As our society evolved, those “traditional” elements of marriage, such as ownership, slavery and mingling of the races, changed to reflect the belief that people should be free to choose their life partner without government intrusion.
	www.buddybuddy.com /doma.html (1547 words)

	CNN - Anti gay marriage act clears Congress - Sept. 10, 1996 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The measure would not bar states from legalizing gay marriages within their borders, but states would not be obligated to recognize such marriages performed in another state.
		"This further demonstrates that the Defense of Marriage Act is really about the politics of fear and division and about inciting people in an area which is admittedly controversial," she said.
		But the Defense of Marriage Act would deny that recognition to "millions of gay and lesbian Americans," she said.
	www.cnn.com.cob-web.org:8888 /US/9609/10/gay.marriage (527 words)

	Marriage Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage.
		The Marriage Act (1697), a penal law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages.
		The Defense of Marriage Act passed in the United States to restrict same-sex marriage in the United States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marriage_Act (168 words)

	Will DOMA Protect Marriage? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After judges in Hawaii declared that the state’s marriage statute violated the Hawaii constitution, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), under its Article IV power to prescribe the effect of the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
		Signed by President Clinton, the law defines marriage for purposes of federal law as the union of one man and one woman and prevents states from being forced to recognize other states’ conflicting definitions.
		And second, it is difficult to imagine how the Court could find excluding same-sex couples from the definition of marriage unconstitutional without creating a constitutional requirement that same-sex couples be allowed to marry.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Family/wm532.cfm (665 words)

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