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  2. Divorce Act (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    The English Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 provided that a husband could sue on grounds of adultery alone, but a wife would have to allege adultery together with other grounds. [17] That rule applied in those provinces that had adopted the English Act. In 1925, Parliament provided that in those provinces, a wife could sue on grounds of adultery ...

  3. Revised Statutes of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Revised Statutes of Canada (French: Lois révisées du Canada, R.S.C. or RSC) consolidates current federal laws in force, incorporating amendments into acts, adding new substantive acts enacted since the last revision and deleting rescinded acts. Supplements to the RSC contain new or amended statutes, while consolidations republish laws for ...

  4. Legal responses to agunah - Wikipedia

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    Within the United Kingdom, in England and Wales, the Divorce (Religious Marriages) Act 2002, relates to Jewish divorce. The Act allows a Court discretionary right to award any damages under Tort remedies, impose any civil or criminal fines or other penalties, or to grant any further relief, and withhold the final legal civil dissolution of a ...

  5. Divorce Act - Wikipedia

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  6. Conflict of marriage laws - Wikipedia

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    Conflict of marriage laws is the conflict of laws with respect to marriage in different jurisdictions. When marriage-related issues arise between couples with diverse backgrounds, questions as to which legal systems and norms should be applied to the relationship naturally follow with various potentially applicable systems frequently conflicting with one another.

  7. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986

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    The Act was passed by the Rajiv Gandhi government, with its absolute majority, to nullify the decision in the Shah Bano case, [1] [2] [3] and diluted the secular judgement of the Supreme Court. It is administered by any magistrate of the first class exercising jurisdiction under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 .

  8. Reference Re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6 - Wikipedia

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    Hearing: 15 January 2014 Judgment: 21 March 2014; Full case name: In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning sections 5 and 6 of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26, as set out in Order in Council P.C. 2013-1105 dated October 22, 2013

  9. Citation of Canadian legislation - Wikipedia

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    Constitution Act, 1867 (UK), 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3 (UK). Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B of the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11 (UK). [7] Another option is to cite to reproductions of the constitutional enactments in Appendix II of the Revised Statutes of Canada 1985.