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The freedom of marriage of Hong Kong residents and their right to raise a family freely shall be protected by law. Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance Article 19 [5] Rights in respect of marriage and family (2) The right of men and women of marriageable age to marry and to found a family shall be recognized. European Convention on Human Rights ...
On 5 September 2023, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ordered the government in Sham Tsz Kit v Secretary for Justice to introduce a legal framework allowing same-sex civil unions. [1] Polling suggests that support for same-sex marriage is rising in Hong Kong, with a 2023 survey estimating that 60% of residents supported same-sex marriage. [2]
In July 2018, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam said that the Hong Kong government has no plans to amend the law and approve same-sex marriage in near future following a landmark ruling in favour of a same-sex couple's dependant visa application, and said though the government respected the court's ruling, the case was not a challenge to ...
In 2009, changes to Hong Kong's Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Ordinance were made to protect same-sex partners. [115] On 13 May 2013, the Court of Final Appeal , in a 4:1 decision , gave transgender people the right to marry as their identified gender rather than their biological sex at birth, but only in biologically heterosexual ...
3 Hong Kong. 4 India. 5 New Zealand. 6 South Africa. 7 United Kingdom. ... Marriage Ordinance 1875; Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970; India. Special Marriage Act, 1954;
In Hong Kong, the Marriage (Introduction of Civil Celebrants of Marriages and General Amendments) Ordinance ("the Marriage Amendment Ordinance") came into force on 13 March 2006.
McDonald's Hong Kong stores are super-sizing love starting Jan. 1, when couples can officially tie the knot and become McMan and McWife under the Golden Arches. Any objections? Speak now or ...
Even long into the 20th century and well after the fall of the Qing dynasty in China, Chinese men in Hong Kong could still practice concubinage and polygamous kim-t'iu marriages permitted by the Qing Code, a situation that ended only with the passing of the Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970 (Cap. 178), which came into force on 7 October 1971 ...